MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Elly De La Cruz
Elly De La Cruz
CIN · SS
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Portrait of Ezequiel Tovar
Ezequiel Tovar
COL · 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, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Elly De La Cruz wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Ezequiel Tovar wins 0 (none).

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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
94.4
Ezequiel Tovar
87.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
53.4%
Ezequiel Tovar
33.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
14.6%
Ezequiel Tovar
6.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
25.4%
Ezequiel Tovar
44.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
11.7%
Ezequiel Tovar
18.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
.370
Ezequiel Tovar
.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 · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .280
.256
Ezequiel Tovar
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .216
.199

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
516
now 12
5
Ezequiel Tovar
516
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2051.60
now 40
23
Ezequiel Tovar
2051.60
now 17
11
RBIhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2046.60
now 37
22
Ezequiel Tovar
2046.60
now 20
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
.20012.80
now 10
6
Ezequiel Tovar
.20012.80
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
SellEzequiel Tovar — sell.conf 0.65
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