MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Miguel Vargas
Miguel Vargas
CWS · 3B
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Portrait of Nick Gonzales
Nick Gonzales
PIT · 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); Nick Gonzales wins 1 (AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Miguel Vargas
90.6
Nick Gonzales
85.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Miguel Vargas
47.0%
Nick Gonzales
35.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Miguel Vargas
15.2%
Nick Gonzales
2.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Miguel Vargas
21.3%
Nick Gonzales
31.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Miguel Vargas
8.9%
Nick Gonzales
12.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Miguel Vargas
.400
Nick Gonzales
.327
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
Miguel Vargas
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .241
.234
Nick Gonzales
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .303
.291

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Miguel Vargas
520.60
now 15
6
Nick Gonzales
520.60
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Miguel Vargas
2052.40
now 44
33
Nick Gonzales
2052.40
now 27
23
RBIhigher is better
Miguel Vargas
2044.40
now 38
29
Nick Gonzales
2044.40
now 26
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Miguel Vargas
.60011.40
now 9
7
Nick Gonzales
.60011.40
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowMiguel Vargas — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
Hold · leans buyNick Gonzales — hold.conf 0.60
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