MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Joc Pederson
Joc Pederson
TEX · DH
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Royce Lewis
MIN · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Royce Lewis.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — steals 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

Royce Lewis wins 2 categories (SB, AVG); Joc Pederson wins 1 (R); 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
Royce Lewis
89.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joc Pederson
50.8%
Royce Lewis
40.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joc Pederson
11.3%
Royce Lewis
11.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joc Pederson
29.9%
Royce Lewis
33.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joc Pederson
14.1%
Royce Lewis
16.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joc Pederson
.342
Royce Lewis
.313
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
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .240
.206
Royce Lewis
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .159
.214

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joc Pederson
510.80
now 8
1
Royce Lewis
510.80
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Joc Pederson
2031
now 23
5
Royce Lewis
2031
now 11
3
RBIhigher is better
Joc Pederson
2025
now 19
4
Royce Lewis
2025
now 13
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joc Pederson
.0004.20
now 0
0
Royce Lewis
.0004.20
now 3
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJoc Pederson — buy.conf 0.65
Hold · steadyRoyce Lewis — hold.conf 0.60
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