MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Luis Arraez
Luis Arraez
SF · 2B
Change to
Portrait of Richie Palacios
Richie Palacios
TB · 2B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Richie Palacios.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Richie Palacios wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, SB); Luis Arraez wins 2 (R, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Luis Arraez
87.0
Richie Palacios
86.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Luis Arraez
22.0%
Richie Palacios
25.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Luis Arraez
0.5%
Richie Palacios
3.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Luis Arraez
32.0%
Richie Palacios
32.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Luis Arraez
3.9%
Richie Palacios
9.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Luis Arraez
.306
Richie Palacios
.312
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
Luis Arraez
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .321
.298
Richie Palacios
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .248
.236

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Luis Arraez
53.20
now 2
1
Richie Palacios
53.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Luis Arraez
2033.40
now 29
23
Richie Palacios
2033.40
now 18
21
RBIhigher is better
Luis Arraez
2026.20
now 23
18
Richie Palacios
2026.20
now 17
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Luis Arraez
2.409.60
now 5
4
Richie Palacios
2.409.60
now 7
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellLuis Arraez — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
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