MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Portrait of Maikel Garcia
Maikel Garcia
KC · 3B
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Portrait of Nick Gonzales
Nick Gonzales
PIT · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nick Gonzales.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nick Gonzales wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Maikel Garcia wins 2 (HR, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Maikel Garcia
90.1
Nick Gonzales
85.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Maikel Garcia
41.3%
Nick Gonzales
36.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Maikel Garcia
4.9%
Nick Gonzales
3.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Maikel Garcia
22.7%
Nick Gonzales
31.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Maikel Garcia
5.6%
Nick Gonzales
12.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Maikel Garcia
.316
Nick Gonzales
.324
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
Maikel Garcia
.250.320
lg AVG .295
now .268
.268
Nick Gonzales
.250.320
lg AVG .295
now .303
.289

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Maikel Garcia
55.20
now 3
4
Nick Gonzales
55.20
now 1
3
Runshigher is better
Maikel Garcia
23.8033.20
now 28
29
Nick Gonzales
23.8033.20
now 27
30
RBIhigher is better
Maikel Garcia
2032.20
now 21
22
Nick Gonzales
2032.20
now 26
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Maikel Garcia
1.805.20
now 4
4
Nick Gonzales
1.805.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyMaikel Garcia — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans buyNick Gonzales — hold.conf 0.60
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