MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Elly De La Cruz
Elly De La Cruz
CIN · SS
Change to
Jacob Wilson
ATH · 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, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
94.4
Jacob Wilson
84.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
53.4%
Jacob Wilson
28.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
14.6%
Jacob Wilson
2.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
25.4%
Jacob Wilson
41.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
11.7%
Jacob Wilson
7.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
.370
Jacob Wilson
.290
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
.240.310
lg AVG .295
now .280
.256
Jacob Wilson
.240.310
lg AVG .295
now .292
.259

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
516.40
now 12
5
Jacob Wilson
516.40
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2050
now 40
23
Jacob Wilson
2050
now 18
15
RBIhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2045.80
now 37
22
Jacob Wilson
2045.80
now 19
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
.00013.20
now 10
6
Jacob Wilson
.00013.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
SellJacob Wilson — sell.conf 0.60
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