MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Joc Pederson
Joc Pederson
TEX · DH
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Portrait of Vinnie Pasquantino
Vinnie Pasquantino
KC · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Vinnie Pasquantino.

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

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

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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
Vinnie Pasquantino
88.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joc Pederson
48.9%
Vinnie Pasquantino
38.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joc Pederson
11.2%
Vinnie Pasquantino
7.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joc Pederson
28.5%
Vinnie Pasquantino
30.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joc Pederson
13.4%
Vinnie Pasquantino
7.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joc Pederson
.352
Vinnie Pasquantino
.314
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
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .240
.225
Vinnie Pasquantino
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .213
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joc Pederson
59.60
now 8
5
Vinnie Pasquantino
59.60
now 5
4
Runshigher is better
Joc Pederson
2026.20
now 23
22
Vinnie Pasquantino
2026.20
now 21
17
RBIhigher is better
Joc Pederson
2029.20
now 19
18
Vinnie Pasquantino
2029.20
now 26
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joc Pederson
.0003.20
now 0
0
Vinnie Pasquantino
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJoc Pederson — buy.conf 0.67
Hold · steadyVinnie Pasquantino — hold.conf 0.60
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