MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Erik Miller
Erik Miller
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Fernando Cruz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Fernando Cruz wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Erik Miller wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Erik Miller
96.8
Fernando Cruz
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Erik Miller
13.8%
Fernando Cruz
17.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Erik Miller
32.2%
Fernando Cruz
29.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Erik Miller
26.4%
Fernando Cruz
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Erik Miller
27.3%
Fernando Cruz
24.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Erik Miller
6.5%
Fernando Cruz
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Erik Miller
.280
Fernando Cruz
.278
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Erik Miller
25.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.41
3.70
Fernando Cruz
25.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Erik Miller
1.171.48
now 1.41
1.24
Fernando Cruz
1.171.48
now 1.30
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Erik Miller
4035.60
now 24
17
Fernando Cruz
4035.60
now 30
19
Winshigher is better
Erik Miller
.0004.20
now 0
00
Fernando Cruz
.0004.20
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Erik Miller
.0004.40
now 2
13
Fernando Cruz
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeErik Miller — hold.conf 0.50
BuyFernando Cruz — buy.conf 0.88
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