MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Byron Buxton
Byron Buxton
MIN · 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 — RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Oneil Cruz wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Byron Buxton wins 2 (HR, R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
90.7
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
47.6%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
18.7%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
34.7%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.3%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.351
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
Byron Buxton
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .258
.226
Oneil Cruz
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
521.40
now 17
9
Oneil Cruz
521.40
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
26.6046.40
now 40
33
Oneil Cruz
26.6046.40
now 42
31
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2048.60
now 27
22
Oneil Cruz
2048.60
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
.00025
now 5
4
Oneil Cruz
.00025
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.67
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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