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 Gunnar Henderson
Gunnar Henderson
BAL · 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); Gunnar Henderson 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
94.4
Gunnar Henderson
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
53.4%
Gunnar Henderson
44.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
14.6%
Gunnar Henderson
7.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
25.4%
Gunnar Henderson
31.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
11.7%
Gunnar Henderson
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
.370
Gunnar Henderson
.303
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
Gunnar Henderson
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .219
.202

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
517
now 12
5
Gunnar Henderson
517
now 13
3
Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2048.80
now 40
23
Gunnar Henderson
2048.80
now 31
18
RBIhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2044.60
now 37
22
Gunnar Henderson
2044.60
now 32
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
.20012.80
now 10
6
Gunnar Henderson
.20012.80
now 6
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
Hold · leans sellGunnar Henderson — hold.conf 0.60
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