MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · 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 — runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Oneil Cruz wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Brandon Nimmo wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
92.3
Oneil Cruz
94.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
51.3%
Oneil Cruz
55.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
9.7%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.6%
Oneil Cruz
31.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.4%
Oneil Cruz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.351
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
Brandon Nimmo
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .258
.259
Oneil Cruz
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .255
.228

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
517.80
now 7
1
Oneil Cruz
517.80
now 13
1
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2057.20
now 26
4
Oneil Cruz
2057.20
now 42
7
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2056.20
now 21
3
Oneil Cruz
2056.20
now 41
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.00026.60
now 2
0
Oneil Cruz
.00026.60
now 19
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.67
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.67
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