MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · 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); Daniel Palencia wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
99.2
Fernando Cruz
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
13.8%
Fernando Cruz
17.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.3%
Fernando Cruz
28.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
29.8%
Fernando Cruz
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
31.1%
Fernando Cruz
27.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.6%
Fernando Cruz
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.311
Fernando Cruz
.281
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
Daniel Palencia
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
Fernando Cruz
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.27
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Palencia
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24
Fernando Cruz
1.151.55
now 1.30
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
4040.40
now 12
4
Fernando Cruz
4040.40
now 30
6
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0004.20
now 1
01
Fernando Cruz
.0004.20
now 3
01
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0004.40
now 3
11
Fernando Cruz
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowDaniel Palencia — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.85
BuyFernando Cruz — buy.conf 0.85
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