MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Carson Benge
Carson Benge
NYM · 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, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Oneil Cruz wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Carson Benge wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carson Benge
89.3
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carson Benge
40.9%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carson Benge
7.6%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carson Benge
26.7%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carson Benge
9.5%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carson Benge
.345
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
Carson Benge
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .248
.271
Oneil Cruz
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carson Benge
516.60
now 4
4
Oneil Cruz
516.60
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Carson Benge
2049.60
now 28
23
Oneil Cruz
2049.60
now 42
31
RBIhigher is better
Carson Benge
2050.60
now 21
17
Oneil Cruz
2050.60
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carson Benge
2.2023.80
now 9
7
Oneil Cruz
2.2023.80
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarson Benge — buy.conf 0.66
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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