MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of CJ Abrams
CJ Abrams
WSH · SS
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Portrait of Elly De La Cruz
Elly De La Cruz
CIN · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Elly De La Cruz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Elly De La Cruz wins 4 categories (HR, R, SB, AVG); CJ Abrams wins 1 (RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
CJ Abrams
89.9
Elly De La Cruz
94.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
CJ Abrams
42.8%
Elly De La Cruz
52.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
CJ Abrams
11.4%
Elly De La Cruz
14.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
CJ Abrams
36.7%
Elly De La Cruz
25.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
CJ Abrams
14.3%
Elly De La Cruz
11.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
CJ Abrams
.354
Elly De La Cruz
.372
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
CJ Abrams
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .294
.247
Elly De La Cruz
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .280
.258

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
CJ Abrams
515.20
now 12
4
Elly De La Cruz
515.20
now 12
5
Runshigher is better
CJ Abrams
2046.40
now 37
24
Elly De La Cruz
2046.40
now 40
26
RBIhigher is better
CJ Abrams
2056.20
now 47
30
Elly De La Cruz
2056.20
now 37
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
CJ Abrams
4.4011.60
now 9
6
Elly De La Cruz
4.4011.60
now 10
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighCJ Abrams — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.76
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
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