MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Elly De La Cruz
Elly De La Cruz
CIN · SS
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Javier Báez
DET · 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); Javier Báez wins 1 (AVG).

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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
Javier Báez
84.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
53.4%
Javier Báez
29.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
14.6%
Javier Báez
2.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
25.4%
Javier Báez
49.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
11.7%
Javier Báez
15.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
.370
Javier Báez
.288
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
.240.290
lg AVG .295
now .280
.256
Javier Báez
.240.290
lg AVG .295
now .256
.263

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
516.40
now 12
5
Javier Báez
516.40
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2052
now 40
23
Javier Báez
2052
now 10
14
RBIhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2049.40
now 37
22
Javier Báez
2049.40
now 6
8
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
.00013.60
now 10
6
Javier Báez
.00013.60
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
Hold · wait & seeJavier Báez — hold.conf 0.50
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