MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Cole Sulser
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Fernando Cruz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Fernando Cruz wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Cole Sulser wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Sulser
92.2
Fernando Cruz
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
13.8%
Fernando Cruz
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
24.4%
Fernando Cruz
28.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
35.9%
Fernando Cruz
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
39.3%
Fernando Cruz
23.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
11.9%
Fernando Cruz
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Sulser
.325
Fernando Cruz
.276
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
Cole Sulser
26.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
3.72
Fernando Cruz
26.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.14
WHIPlower is better
Cole Sulser
1.121.66
now 1.54
1.24
Fernando Cruz
1.121.66
now 1.30
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Sulser
4037.20
now 18
12
Fernando Cruz
4037.20
now 30
21
Winshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.0004.20
now 1
01
Fernando Cruz
.0004.20
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.0004.40
now 2
13
Fernando Cruz
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Sulser — hold.conf 0.55
BuyFernando Cruz — buy.conf 0.89
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