MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Austin Warren
Austin Warren
NYM · P
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Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Fernando Cruz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Fernando Cruz wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Austin Warren wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Austin Warren
93.9
Fernando Cruz
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Austin Warren
10.7%
Fernando Cruz
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Austin Warren
23.6%
Fernando Cruz
28.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Austin Warren
26.8%
Fernando Cruz
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Austin Warren
42.4%
Fernando Cruz
23.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Austin Warren
13.1%
Fernando Cruz
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Austin Warren
.349
Fernando Cruz
.276
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Austin Warren
24.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.33
3.70
Fernando Cruz
24.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.14
WHIPlower is better
Austin Warren
1.021.52
now 1.13
1.24
Fernando Cruz
1.021.52
now 1.30
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Austin Warren
4035.60
now 22
17
Fernando Cruz
4035.60
now 30
21
Winshigher is better
Austin Warren
.0004.20
now 1
01
Fernando Cruz
.0004.20
now 3
13

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAustin Warren — hold.conf 0.50
BuyFernando Cruz — buy.conf 0.89
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