MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Iván Herrera
Iván Herrera
STL · DH
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Portrait of Vinnie Pasquantino
Vinnie Pasquantino
KC · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Vinnie Pasquantino.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs and average. Iván Herrera’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Vinnie Pasquantino wins 2 categories (HR, AVG); Iván Herrera wins 1 (R); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Iván Herrera
89.1
Vinnie Pasquantino
89.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Iván Herrera
39.5%
Vinnie Pasquantino
39.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Iván Herrera
5.4%
Vinnie Pasquantino
6.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Iván Herrera
28.1%
Vinnie Pasquantino
31.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Iván Herrera
9.0%
Vinnie Pasquantino
7.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Iván Herrera
.331
Vinnie Pasquantino
.315
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
Iván Herrera
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .260
.227
Vinnie Pasquantino
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .213
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Iván Herrera
59
now 7
2
Vinnie Pasquantino
59
now 5
3
Runshigher is better
Iván Herrera
2044.20
now 35
19
Vinnie Pasquantino
2044.20
now 21
12
RBIhigher is better
Iván Herrera
2031.80
now 27
15
Vinnie Pasquantino
2031.80
now 26
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Iván Herrera
.0003.20
now 2
1
Vinnie Pasquantino
.0003.20
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyIván Herrera — buy.conf 0.63
Hold · steadyVinnie Pasquantino — hold.conf 0.60
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