MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Blake Dunn
Blake Dunn
CIN · CF
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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); Blake Dunn wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Blake Dunn
89.2
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Blake Dunn
30.3%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Blake Dunn
2.7%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Blake Dunn
28.7%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Blake Dunn
10.9%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Blake Dunn
.278
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
Blake Dunn
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .269
.236
Oneil Cruz
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Blake Dunn
517.80
now 1
1
Oneil Cruz
517.80
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Blake Dunn
2054.80
now 10
20
Oneil Cruz
2054.80
now 42
31
RBIhigher is better
Blake Dunn
2056.60
now 2
4
Oneil Cruz
2056.60
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Blake Dunn
.00025.80
now 2
4
Oneil Cruz
.00025.80
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBlake Dunn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.66
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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