MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 7, 2026
Portrait of Joc Pederson
Joc Pederson
TEX · DH
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Portrait of Paul Goldschmidt
Paul Goldschmidt
NYY · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Paul Goldschmidt.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Paul Goldschmidt wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Joc Pederson wins 1 (HR); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Joc Pederson
92.2
Paul Goldschmidt
86.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joc Pederson
50.3%
Paul Goldschmidt
38.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joc Pederson
11.3%
Paul Goldschmidt
11.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joc Pederson
28.5%
Paul Goldschmidt
34.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joc Pederson
13.7%
Paul Goldschmidt
12.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joc Pederson
.354
Paul Goldschmidt
.328
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
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .240
.232
Paul Goldschmidt
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .261
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joc Pederson
59.20
now 8
7
Paul Goldschmidt
59.20
now 6
6
Runshigher is better
Joc Pederson
2033
now 23
26
Paul Goldschmidt
2033
now 19
29
RBIhigher is better
Joc Pederson
2033
now 19
22
Paul Goldschmidt
2033
now 19
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joc Pederson
.0001.20
now 0
0
Paul Goldschmidt
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJoc Pederson — buy.conf 0.68
Hold · leans buyPaul Goldschmidt — hold.conf 0.60
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