MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Joc Pederson
Joc Pederson
TEX · DH
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Portrait of Randal Grichuk
Randal Grichuk
CWS · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Randal Grichuk.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Randal Grichuk wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Joc Pederson wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Joc Pederson
92.0
Randal Grichuk
90.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joc Pederson
49.3%
Randal Grichuk
47.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joc Pederson
11.6%
Randal Grichuk
11.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joc Pederson
29.5%
Randal Grichuk
34.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joc Pederson
13.6%
Randal Grichuk
12.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joc Pederson
.359
Randal Grichuk
.342
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
.220.260
lg AVG .295
now .240
.231
Randal Grichuk
.220.260
lg AVG .295
now .250
.249

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joc Pederson
510
now 8
4
Randal Grichuk
510
now 4
3
Runshigher is better
Joc Pederson
2027
now 23
17
Randal Grichuk
2027
now 13
18
RBIhigher is better
Joc Pederson
2023.20
now 19
14
Randal Grichuk
2023.20
now 15
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joc Pederson
.0001.20
now 0
0
Randal Grichuk
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJoc Pederson — buy.conf 0.69
BuyRandal Grichuk — buy.conf 0.65
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