MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Dansby Swanson
Dansby Swanson
CHC · 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, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Elly De La Cruz wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Dansby Swanson wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
89.4
Elly De La Cruz
94.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
41.5%
Elly De La Cruz
53.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
7.4%
Elly De La Cruz
14.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dansby Swanson
26.6%
Elly De La Cruz
25.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dansby Swanson
14.5%
Elly De La Cruz
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
.300
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
Dansby Swanson
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .183
.197
Elly De La Cruz
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .280
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
515.60
now 7
3
Elly De La Cruz
515.60
now 12
5
Runshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
2047.60
now 34
21
Elly De La Cruz
2047.60
now 40
23
RBIhigher is better
Dansby Swanson
2045
now 27
17
Elly De La Cruz
2045
now 37
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
.20012.80
now 5
3
Elly De La Cruz
.20012.80
now 10
6
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDansby Swanson — sell.conf 0.58
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
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