MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Cody Bellinger
Cody Bellinger
NYY · LF
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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); Cody Bellinger wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
89.0
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
36.5%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
6.5%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cody Bellinger
29.6%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cody Bellinger
9.1%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
.351
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
Cody Bellinger
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .271
.254
Oneil Cruz
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cody Bellinger
517
now 8
3
Oneil Cruz
517
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Cody Bellinger
22.4047.60
now 37
28
Oneil Cruz
22.4047.60
now 42
31
RBIhigher is better
Cody Bellinger
24.2045.80
now 38
29
Oneil Cruz
24.2045.80
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cody Bellinger
.00025
now 5
4
Oneil Cruz
.00025
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCody Bellinger — hold.conf 0.60
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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