MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Colson Montgomery
Colson Montgomery
CWS · 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 — runs, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Elly De La Cruz wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Colson Montgomery wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Colson Montgomery
89.2
Elly De La Cruz
94.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colson Montgomery
41.8%
Elly De La Cruz
53.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colson Montgomery
12.7%
Elly De La Cruz
14.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colson Montgomery
32.2%
Elly De La Cruz
25.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colson Montgomery
19.3%
Elly De La Cruz
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colson Montgomery
.311
Elly De La Cruz
.370
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
Colson Montgomery
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .229
.186
Elly De La Cruz
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .280
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colson Montgomery
519
now 15
5
Elly De La Cruz
519
now 12
5
Runshigher is better
Colson Montgomery
2049.20
now 28
17
Elly De La Cruz
2049.20
now 40
23
RBIhigher is better
Colson Montgomery
2043.40
now 36
21
Elly De La Cruz
2043.40
now 37
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colson Montgomery
.00013.60
now 1
1
Elly De La Cruz
.00013.60
now 10
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyColson Montgomery — hold.conf 0.60
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
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