MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 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 — runs, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Oneil Cruz wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Brice Matthews wins 0 (none); 1 even.

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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
94.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
37.1%
Oneil Cruz
55.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
8.6%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
25.3%
Oneil Cruz
31.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
16.3%
Oneil Cruz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brice Matthews
.260
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
Brice Matthews
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .204
.177
Oneil Cruz
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .255
.228

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
517.80
now 4
1
Oneil Cruz
517.80
now 13
1
Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
2057.60
now 14
3
Oneil Cruz
2057.60
now 42
7
RBIhigher is better
Brice Matthews
2056.20
now 14
3
Oneil Cruz
2056.20
now 41
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brice Matthews
.00026.60
now 2
0
Oneil Cruz
.00026.60
now 19
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrice Matthews — sell.conf 0.66
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.67
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