MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Portrait of Elly De La Cruz
Elly De La Cruz
CIN · SS
Change to
Gabriel Arias
CLE · SS
Change to
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); Gabriel Arias wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
93.9
Gabriel Arias
91.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
52.0%
Gabriel Arias
52.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
13.7%
Gabriel Arias
11.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
26.6%
Gabriel Arias
35.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
11.5%
Gabriel Arias
22.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
.361
Gabriel Arias
.272
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
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .280
.248
Gabriel Arias
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .200
.191

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
516
now 12
8
Gabriel Arias
516
now 2
5
Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2055.20
now 40
40
Gabriel Arias
2055.20
now 2
11
RBIhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2050.20
now 37
37
Gabriel Arias
2050.20
now 4
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
.00014
now 10
10
Gabriel Arias
.00014
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
Hold · wait & seeGabriel Arias — hold.conf 0.50
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