MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Braden Montgomery
CWS · 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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Oneil Cruz wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Braden Montgomery wins 2 (R, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
88.7
Oneil Cruz
94.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
40.8%
Oneil Cruz
55.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
4.2%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Braden Montgomery
26.9%
Oneil Cruz
31.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Braden Montgomery
14.8%
Oneil Cruz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
.331
Oneil Cruz
.350
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
Braden Montgomery
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .444
.193
Oneil Cruz
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .255
.228

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
518.20
now 1
0
Oneil Cruz
518.20
now 13
1
Runshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
2058
now 2
8
Oneil Cruz
2058
now 42
7
RBIhigher is better
Braden Montgomery
2056.20
now 3
11
Oneil Cruz
2056.20
now 41
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
.00026.60
now 0
0
Oneil Cruz
.00026.60
now 19
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraden Montgomery — buy.conf 0.63
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.67
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