MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Casey Legumina
Casey Legumina
TB · P
Change to
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 and ERA. Casey Legumina’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Steven Cruz wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Casey Legumina wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Casey Legumina
93.4
Steven Cruz
98.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
10.7%
Steven Cruz
16.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
17.3%
Steven Cruz
30.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
32.2%
Steven Cruz
25.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Casey Legumina
37.9%
Steven Cruz
31.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Casey Legumina
7.1%
Steven Cruz
13.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Casey Legumina
.331
Steven Cruz
.320
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Casey Legumina
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.70
3.73
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Casey Legumina
.9902.11
now 1.44
1.24
Steven Cruz
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Casey Legumina
4042.60
now 16
26
Steven Cruz
4042.60
now 20
35
Winshigher is better
Casey Legumina
.0002.80
now 1
12
Steven Cruz
.0002.80
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCasey Legumina — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
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