MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Isiah Kiner-Falefa
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
BOS · 2B
Change to
Portrait of Richie Palacios
Richie Palacios
TB · 2B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Richie Palacios.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Richie Palacios wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Isiah Kiner-Falefa wins 1 (AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
82.3
Richie Palacios
86.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
26.5%
Richie Palacios
25.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
2.9%
Richie Palacios
3.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
34.7%
Richie Palacios
32.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
8.7%
Richie Palacios
9.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
.312
Richie Palacios
.312
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
.210.340
lg AVG .295
now .311
.266
Richie Palacios
.210.340
lg AVG .295
now .248
.236

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
53.20
now 1
1
Richie Palacios
53.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
2024.60
now 12
20
Richie Palacios
2024.60
now 18
21
RBIhigher is better
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
2023.60
now 11
18
Richie Palacios
2023.60
now 17
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
2.409.60
now 4
7
Richie Palacios
2.409.60
now 7
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeIsiah Kiner-Falefa — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
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