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 Willy Adames
Willy Adames
SF · 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); Willy Adames wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
94.4
Willy Adames
87.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
53.4%
Willy Adames
39.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
14.6%
Willy Adames
8.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
25.4%
Willy Adames
32.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elly De La Cruz
11.7%
Willy Adames
13.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elly De La Cruz
.370
Willy Adames
.293
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
Willy Adames
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .239
.211

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
515.20
now 12
5
Willy Adames
515.20
now 8
4
Runshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2049.60
now 40
23
Willy Adames
2049.60
now 28
16
RBIhigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
2046.20
now 37
22
Willy Adames
2046.20
now 23
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elly De La Cruz
.00013.60
now 10
6
Willy Adames
.00013.60
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyElly De La Cruz — buy.conf 0.71
SellWilly Adames — sell.conf 0.59
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