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 Kevin McGonigle
Kevin McGonigle
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); Kevin McGonigle 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
94.2
Kevin McGonigle
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
52.7%
Kevin McGonigle
37.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
14.8%
Kevin McGonigle
7.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
25.9%
Kevin McGonigle
18.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
11.4%
Kevin McGonigle
7.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
.372
Kevin McGonigle
.360
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
.250.300
lg AVG .295
now .280
.258
Kevin McGonigle
.250.300
lg AVG .295
now .285
.273

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
515.60
now 12
5
Kevin McGonigle
515.60
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2046
now 40
26
Kevin McGonigle
2046
now 38
25
RBIhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2046.20
now 37
24
Kevin McGonigle
2046.20
now 21
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
4.4011.60
now 10
7
Kevin McGonigle
4.4011.60
now 9
6
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
Hold · leans buyKevin McGonigle — hold.conf 0.60
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