MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Miguel Vargas
Miguel Vargas
CWS · 3B
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Portrait of Zack Gelof
Zack Gelof
ATH · 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 average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Miguel Vargas wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Zack Gelof wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Miguel Vargas
90.6
Zack Gelof
88.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Miguel Vargas
47.0%
Zack Gelof
41.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Miguel Vargas
15.2%
Zack Gelof
6.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Miguel Vargas
21.3%
Zack Gelof
23.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Miguel Vargas
8.9%
Zack Gelof
12.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Miguel Vargas
.400
Zack Gelof
.289
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
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .241
.234
Zack Gelof
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .259
.217

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Miguel Vargas
519.40
now 15
6
Zack Gelof
519.40
now 6
4
Runshigher is better
Miguel Vargas
2053.20
now 44
33
Zack Gelof
2053.20
now 21
23
RBIhigher is better
Miguel Vargas
2045.60
now 38
29
Zack Gelof
2045.60
now 19
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Miguel Vargas
4.8010.20
now 9
7
Zack Gelof
4.8010.20
now 6
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowMiguel Vargas — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
Sell HighZack Gelof — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
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