MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Drew Anderson
Drew Anderson
DET · P
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Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Drew Anderson.

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 n/a

Drew Anderson wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Steven Cruz wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Drew Anderson
95.4
Steven Cruz
98.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
13.6%
Steven Cruz
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
25.3%
Steven Cruz
25.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
35.1%
Steven Cruz
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Drew Anderson
39.2%
Steven Cruz
36.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Drew Anderson
8.4%
Steven Cruz
10.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Drew Anderson
.305
Steven Cruz
.312
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
Drew Anderson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.03
3.82
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.95
WHIPlower is better
Drew Anderson
1.022.10
now 1.26
1.32
Steven Cruz
1.022.10
now 1.86
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Drew Anderson
4062
now 46
7
Steven Cruz
4062
now 20
6
Winshigher is better
Drew Anderson
.0002.80
now 2
00
Steven Cruz
.0002.80
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyDrew Anderson — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadySteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.60
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