MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Austin Martin
Austin Martin
MIN · RF
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Portrait of Oneil Cruz
Oneil Cruz
PIT · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Oneil Cruz.

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

Oneil Cruz wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Austin Martin wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Martin
87.0
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Martin
28.3%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Martin
2.2%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Martin
17.5%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Martin
8.0%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Martin
.314
Oneil Cruz
.358
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
Austin Martin
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .262
.237
Oneil Cruz
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Martin
517.80
now 2
1
Oneil Cruz
517.80
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Austin Martin
2050.80
now 22
20
Oneil Cruz
2050.80
now 42
31
RBIhigher is better
Austin Martin
2051.40
now 17
15
Oneil Cruz
2051.40
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Martin
2.2023.80
now 8
7
Oneil Cruz
2.2023.80
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAustin Martin — hold.conf 0.60
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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