MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Blake Perkins
Blake Perkins
MIL · 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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Oneil Cruz wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Blake Perkins wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Blake Perkins
86.4
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Blake Perkins
33.8%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Blake Perkins
4.4%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Blake Perkins
28.9%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Blake Perkins
9.1%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Blake Perkins
.264
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 Perkins
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .092
.193
Oneil Cruz
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Blake Perkins
518.20
now 0
1
Oneil Cruz
518.20
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Blake Perkins
2056.40
now 6
11
Oneil Cruz
2056.40
now 42
31
RBIhigher is better
Blake Perkins
2054.60
now 7
12
Oneil Cruz
2054.60
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Blake Perkins
.00025.80
now 2
4
Oneil Cruz
.00025.80
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlake Perkins — hold.conf 0.50
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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