MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Paul Goldschmidt
Paul Goldschmidt
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Rafael Devers
Rafael Devers
SF · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Paul Goldschmidt.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Paul Goldschmidt wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Rafael Devers wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Paul Goldschmidt
87.0
Rafael Devers
91.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Paul Goldschmidt
39.2%
Rafael Devers
50.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Paul Goldschmidt
11.9%
Rafael Devers
9.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Paul Goldschmidt
32.8%
Rafael Devers
29.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Paul Goldschmidt
11.3%
Rafael Devers
15.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Paul Goldschmidt
.351
Rafael Devers
.303
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
Paul Goldschmidt
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .261
.253
Rafael Devers
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .251
.228

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Paul Goldschmidt
513
now 6
8
Rafael Devers
513
now 7
11
Runshigher is better
Paul Goldschmidt
2041.40
now 19
35
Rafael Devers
2041.40
now 26
30
RBIhigher is better
Paul Goldschmidt
2041.40
now 19
35
Rafael Devers
2041.40
now 30
34
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Paul Goldschmidt
.0001.20
now 0
0
Rafael Devers
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyPaul Goldschmidt — buy.conf 0.67
Hold · leans sellRafael Devers — hold.conf 0.60
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