MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Drew Gilbert
Drew Gilbert
SF · CF
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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); Drew Gilbert wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
86.0
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
34.3%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
2.8%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Drew Gilbert
24.8%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Drew Gilbert
9.0%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
.305
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
Drew Gilbert
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .231
.234
Oneil Cruz
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .255
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
517.80
now 3
1
Oneil Cruz
517.80
now 13
5
Runshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
2054
now 12
12
Oneil Cruz
2054
now 42
26
RBIhigher is better
Drew Gilbert
2052.60
now 12
12
Oneil Cruz
2052.60
now 41
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
.00026.60
now 0
0
Oneil Cruz
.00026.60
now 19
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellDrew Gilbert — hold.conf 0.60
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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