MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Marcelo Mayer
Marcelo Mayer
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 — runs, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Richie Palacios wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Marcelo Mayer wins 1 (HR).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Marcelo Mayer
86.1
Richie Palacios
86.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Marcelo Mayer
36.0%
Richie Palacios
27.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Marcelo Mayer
6.1%
Richie Palacios
4.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Marcelo Mayer
29.2%
Richie Palacios
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Marcelo Mayer
13.3%
Richie Palacios
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Marcelo Mayer
.259
Richie Palacios
.305
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
Marcelo Mayer
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .224
.203
Richie Palacios
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .248
.220

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Marcelo Mayer
53.20
now 2
1
Richie Palacios
53.20
now 1
0
Runshigher is better
Marcelo Mayer
2023.60
now 16
4
Richie Palacios
2023.60
now 18
5
RBIhigher is better
Marcelo Mayer
2022.60
now 13
3
Richie Palacios
2022.60
now 17
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Marcelo Mayer
.0009.40
now 3
1
Richie Palacios
.0009.40
now 7
2
If you already own them — trade angle
SellMarcelo Mayer — sell.conf 0.66
Hold · leans sellRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
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