MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Dennis Santana
Dennis Santana
PIT · P
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Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Fernando Cruz.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Fernando Cruz wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Dennis Santana wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dennis Santana
94.1
Fernando Cruz
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
12.9%
Fernando Cruz
17.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
20.2%
Fernando Cruz
29.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
34.6%
Fernando Cruz
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
40.7%
Fernando Cruz
21.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
9.8%
Fernando Cruz
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dennis Santana
.351
Fernando Cruz
.267
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 · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Dennis Santana
25.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.81
3.76
Fernando Cruz
25.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Dennis Santana
1.161.57
now 1.48
1.25
Fernando Cruz
1.161.57
now 1.30
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dennis Santana
4035.60
now 19
17
Fernando Cruz
4035.60
now 30
27
Winshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.0005.20
now 2
12
Fernando Cruz
.0005.20
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.0003.40
now 2
12
Fernando Cruz
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDennis Santana — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeFernando Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
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