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 José Caballero
José Caballero
NYY · 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 average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Elly De La Cruz wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); José Caballero wins 1 (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
94.4
José Caballero
83.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
53.4%
José Caballero
24.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
14.6%
José Caballero
3.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
25.4%
José Caballero
37.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
11.7%
José Caballero
13.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
.370
José Caballero
.271
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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .280
.256
José Caballero
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .263
.221

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
516.40
now 12
5
José Caballero
516.40
now 4
1
Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2050
now 40
23
José Caballero
2050
now 20
15
RBIhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2047.40
now 37
22
José Caballero
2047.40
now 15
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2.8017.20
now 10
6
José Caballero
2.8017.20
now 14
11
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
SellJosé Caballero — sell.conf 0.64
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