MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Josh Jung
Josh Jung
TEX · 3B
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Portrait of Miguel Vargas
Miguel Vargas
CWS · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Miguel Vargas.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Miguel Vargas wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Josh Jung wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Josh Jung
90.6
Miguel Vargas
90.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Josh Jung
48.9%
Miguel Vargas
47.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Josh Jung
6.6%
Miguel Vargas
15.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Josh Jung
28.8%
Miguel Vargas
21.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Josh Jung
8.7%
Miguel Vargas
8.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Josh Jung
.348
Miguel Vargas
.400
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
Josh Jung
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .310
.284
Miguel Vargas
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .241
.234

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Josh Jung
519.40
now 7
4
Miguel Vargas
519.40
now 15
6
Runshigher is better
Josh Jung
2052.40
now 28
23
Miguel Vargas
2052.40
now 44
33
RBIhigher is better
Josh Jung
2045.20
now 25
20
Miguel Vargas
2045.20
now 38
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Josh Jung
.00012.20
now 1
1
Miguel Vargas
.00012.20
now 9
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJosh Jung — buy.conf 0.67
Buy LowMiguel Vargas — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
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