MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 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
92.6
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
52.7%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
12.8%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.5%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.3%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.376
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
Brandon Nimmo
.210.300
lg AVG .295
now .258
.279
Oneil Cruz
.210.300
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
515.80
now 7
6
Oneil Cruz
515.80
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2050.80
now 26
20
Oneil Cruz
2050.80
now 42
31
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2051
now 21
16
Oneil Cruz
2051
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.00025.80
now 2
2
Oneil Cruz
.00025.80
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.72
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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