MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Joc Pederson
Joc Pederson
TEX · DH
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Portrait of Kyle Stowers
Kyle Stowers
MIA · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Joc Pederson.

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

Joc Pederson wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Kyle Stowers wins 2 (HR, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Joc Pederson
91.9
Kyle Stowers
91.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joc Pederson
49.3%
Kyle Stowers
53.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joc Pederson
11.4%
Kyle Stowers
11.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joc Pederson
29.5%
Kyle Stowers
33.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joc Pederson
13.4%
Kyle Stowers
19.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joc Pederson
.359
Kyle Stowers
.322
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
Joc Pederson
.210.250
lg AVG .295
now .240
.233
Kyle Stowers
.210.250
lg AVG .295
now .221
.230

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joc Pederson
59.60
now 8
4
Kyle Stowers
59.60
now 4
5
Runshigher is better
Joc Pederson
2026.20
now 23
18
Kyle Stowers
2026.20
now 18
17
RBIhigher is better
Joc Pederson
2022.20
now 19
15
Kyle Stowers
2022.20
now 13
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joc Pederson
.0002.20
now 0
0
Kyle Stowers
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJoc Pederson — buy.conf 0.69
Hold · steadyKyle Stowers — hold.conf 0.60
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