MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Daylen Lile
Daylen Lile
WSH · 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); Daylen Lile wins 1 (AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Daylen Lile
88.0
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Daylen Lile
35.2%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Daylen Lile
7.8%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Daylen Lile
37.8%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Daylen Lile
12.9%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Daylen Lile
.313
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
Daylen Lile
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .252
.240
Oneil Cruz
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .255
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Daylen Lile
517
now 7
3
Oneil Cruz
517
now 13
5
Runshigher is better
Daylen Lile
2050
now 36
22
Oneil Cruz
2050
now 42
26
RBIhigher is better
Daylen Lile
2050.60
now 28
17
Oneil Cruz
2050.60
now 41
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Daylen Lile
.00025.80
now 4
2
Oneil Cruz
.00025.80
now 19
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyDaylen Lile — hold.conf 0.60
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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