MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Ildemaro Vargas
Ildemaro Vargas
AZ · 1B
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Portrait of Vinnie Pasquantino
Vinnie Pasquantino
KC · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ildemaro Vargas.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ildemaro Vargas wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Vinnie Pasquantino wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
87.3
Vinnie Pasquantino
89.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
34.5%
Vinnie Pasquantino
41.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
3.1%
Vinnie Pasquantino
8.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ildemaro Vargas
40.6%
Vinnie Pasquantino
30.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ildemaro Vargas
7.7%
Vinnie Pasquantino
7.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
.298
Vinnie Pasquantino
.329
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .291
.244
Vinnie Pasquantino
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .213
.230

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
59.80
now 7
0
Vinnie Pasquantino
59.80
now 5
1
Runshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
2040.40
now 30
6
Vinnie Pasquantino
2040.40
now 21
4
RBIhigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
2049.80
now 37
7
Vinnie Pasquantino
2049.80
now 26
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
.0003.20
now 1
0
Vinnie Pasquantino
.0003.20
now 2
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellIldemaro Vargas — sell.conf 0.58
Hold · leans buyVinnie Pasquantino — hold.conf 0.60
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