MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Cam Smith
Cam Smith
HOU · 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 — 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); Cam Smith wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cam Smith
89.5
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cam Smith
44.5%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cam Smith
11.8%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cam Smith
29.1%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cam Smith
13.7%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cam Smith
.335
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
Cam Smith
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .218
.225
Oneil Cruz
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cam Smith
516.20
now 6
5
Oneil Cruz
516.20
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Cam Smith
2050.40
now 26
21
Oneil Cruz
2050.40
now 42
31
RBIhigher is better
Cam Smith
2050.60
now 21
17
Oneil Cruz
2050.60
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cam Smith
.80024.20
now 7
6
Oneil Cruz
.80024.20
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowCam Smith — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.69
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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