MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Elly De La Cruz
Elly De La Cruz
CIN · SS
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Portrait of Ezequiel Duran
Ezequiel Duran
TEX · 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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Elly De La Cruz wins 4 categories (HR, R, SB, AVG); Ezequiel Duran wins 1 (RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
94.0
Ezequiel Duran
88.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
51.9%
Ezequiel Duran
35.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
14.4%
Ezequiel Duran
6.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
25.7%
Ezequiel Duran
36.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
11.7%
Ezequiel Duran
13.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
.368
Ezequiel Duran
.309
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
Elly De La Cruz
.230.320
lg AVG .295
now .280
.252
Ezequiel Duran
.230.320
lg AVG .295
now .299
.247

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
516
now 12
4
Ezequiel Duran
516
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2049.60
now 40
21
Ezequiel Duran
2049.60
now 25
16
RBIhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2043.80
now 37
20
Ezequiel Duran
2043.80
now 32
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
.20012.80
now 10
5
Ezequiel Duran
.20012.80
now 5
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
Hold · steadyEzequiel Duran — hold.conf 0.60
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