MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Brice Matthews
Brice Matthews
HOU · 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); Brice Matthews wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brice Matthews
86.8
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
37.1%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
8.6%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
25.3%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
16.3%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brice Matthews
.260
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
Brice Matthews
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .204
.183
Oneil Cruz
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
516.60
now 4
4
Oneil Cruz
516.60
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
2053.20
now 14
14
Oneil Cruz
2053.20
now 42
31
RBIhigher is better
Brice Matthews
2051.80
now 14
14
Oneil Cruz
2051.80
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brice Matthews
.00025.80
now 2
2
Oneil Cruz
.00025.80
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrice Matthews — sell.conf 0.66
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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