MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Chase DeLauter
Chase DeLauter
CLE · 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); Chase DeLauter wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
90.9
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
45.0%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
6.8%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
20.8%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
6.7%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
.344
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
Chase DeLauter
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .268
.267
Oneil Cruz
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
517
now 7
3
Oneil Cruz
517
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
2051.60
now 22
18
Oneil Cruz
2051.60
now 42
31
RBIhigher is better
Chase DeLauter
2047
now 32
26
Oneil Cruz
2047
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
.00025.80
now 2
2
Oneil Cruz
.00025.80
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChase DeLauter — buy.conf 0.66
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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