MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Joey Bart
ATL · C
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Portrait of Pedro Pagés
Pedro Pagés
STL · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Joey Bart wins 2 (R, RBI); Pedro Pagés wins 2 (SB, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Joey Bart
86.0
Pedro Pagés
86.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joey Bart
34.2%
Pedro Pagés
37.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joey Bart
8.2%
Pedro Pagés
5.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joey Bart
30.7%
Pedro Pagés
37.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joey Bart
12.9%
Pedro Pagés
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joey Bart
.292
Pedro Pagés
.266
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Joey Bart
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .259
.194
Pedro Pagés
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .216
.195

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joey Bart
55.20
now 2
2
Pedro Pagés
55.20
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Joey Bart
2019.20
now 9
16
Pedro Pagés
2019.20
now 11
11
RBIhigher is better
Joey Bart
2014.20
now 6
11
Pedro Pagés
2014.20
now 9
9
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joey Bart
.0003.20
now 0
0
Pedro Pagés
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoey Bart — hold.conf 0.50
SellPedro Pagés — sell.conf 0.65
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