MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Jeremy Peña
Jeremy Peña
HOU · SS
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Portrait of Xander Bogaerts
Xander Bogaerts
SD · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Xander Bogaerts.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Xander Bogaerts wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, SB); Jeremy Peña wins 2 (R, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jeremy Peña
88.2
Xander Bogaerts
88.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jeremy Peña
41.5%
Xander Bogaerts
39.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jeremy Peña
5.5%
Xander Bogaerts
5.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jeremy Peña
36.3%
Xander Bogaerts
23.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jeremy Peña
15.8%
Xander Bogaerts
9.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jeremy Peña
.355
Xander Bogaerts
.320
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
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .272
.285
Xander Bogaerts
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .243
.223

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jeremy Peña
510.80
now 3
1
Xander Bogaerts
510.80
now 8
2
Runshigher is better
Jeremy Peña
2029.40
now 15
17
Xander Bogaerts
2029.40
now 25
14
RBIhigher is better
Jeremy Peña
2033.20
now 8
9
Xander Bogaerts
2033.20
now 26
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jeremy Peña
.60011.40
now 3
3
Xander Bogaerts
.60011.40
now 9
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJeremy Peña — buy.conf 0.68
Hold · steadyXander Bogaerts — hold.conf 0.60
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