MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
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Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Steven Cruz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Bryan King’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Steven Cruz wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bryan King wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Steven Cruz
98.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
9.0%
Steven Cruz
16.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.9%
Steven Cruz
28.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.0%
Steven Cruz
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.2%
Steven Cruz
33.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.4%
Steven Cruz
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.311
Steven Cruz
.298
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 · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Bryan King
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.92
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
.9902.11
now 1.30
1.35
Steven Cruz
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4025.60
now 19
14
Steven Cruz
4025.60
now 20
18
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.000.480
now 0
00
Steven Cruz
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
35
Steven Cruz
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeSteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
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