MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Jeremy Peña
Jeremy Peña
HOU · SS
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Portrait of Max Schuemann
Max Schuemann
NYY · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Max Schuemann.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Max Schuemann wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Jeremy Peña wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jeremy Peña
87.1
Max Schuemann
88.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jeremy Peña
37.3%
Max Schuemann
38.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jeremy Peña
3.9%
Max Schuemann
14.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jeremy Peña
34.6%
Max Schuemann
19.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jeremy Peña
14.9%
Max Schuemann
11.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jeremy Peña
.343
Max Schuemann
.340
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
Jeremy Peña
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .272
.280
Max Schuemann
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .294
.197

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jeremy Peña
54.20
now 3
2
Max Schuemann
54.20
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Jeremy Peña
2047.60
now 15
27
Max Schuemann
2047.60
now 7
36
RBIhigher is better
Jeremy Peña
2021.20
now 8
15
Max Schuemann
2021.20
now 3
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jeremy Peña
.00013.20
now 3
5
Max Schuemann
.00013.20
now 2
10
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyJeremy Peña — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighMax Schuemann — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.67
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