MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Elly De La Cruz
Elly De La Cruz
CIN · SS
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Portrait of Jorge Mateo
Jorge Mateo
ATL · 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, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Elly De La Cruz wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Jorge Mateo wins 2 (R, SB).

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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
94.2
Jorge Mateo
90.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
52.7%
Jorge Mateo
46.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
14.8%
Jorge Mateo
10.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
25.9%
Jorge Mateo
41.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
11.4%
Jorge Mateo
16.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
.372
Jorge Mateo
.322
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
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .280
.258
Jorge Mateo
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .316
.232

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
516
now 12
5
Jorge Mateo
516
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2047.20
now 40
26
Jorge Mateo
2047.20
now 22
30
RBIhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2047.40
now 37
24
Jorge Mateo
2047.40
now 11
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
5.8011.20
now 10
7
Jorge Mateo
5.8011.20
now 7
10
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
Hold · wait & seeJorge Mateo — hold.conf 0.50
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