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 Mookie Betts
Mookie Betts
LAD · 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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Elly De La Cruz wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Mookie Betts wins 0 (none).

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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
Mookie Betts
90.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
53.4%
Mookie Betts
39.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
14.6%
Mookie Betts
8.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
25.4%
Mookie Betts
19.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
11.7%
Mookie Betts
5.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
.370
Mookie Betts
.326
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
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .280
.256
Mookie Betts
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .196
.230

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
516
now 12
5
Mookie Betts
516
now 6
2
Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2050.40
now 40
23
Mookie Betts
2050.40
now 14
16
RBIhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2045.40
now 37
22
Mookie Betts
2045.40
now 16
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
.00014
now 10
6
Mookie Betts
.00014
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
Hold · leans buyMookie Betts — hold.conf 0.60
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