MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Portrait of Oneil Cruz
Oneil Cruz
PIT · CF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Oneil Cruz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Oneil Cruz wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Esmerlyn Valdez wins 2 (HR, RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
93.1
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
55.6%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
28.6%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.5%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.6%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.365
Oneil Cruz
.358
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
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .111
.184
Oneil Cruz
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
517.40
now 2
8
Oneil Cruz
517.40
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2058
now 2
13
Oneil Cruz
2058
now 42
30
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2055.40
now 5
32
Oneil Cruz
2055.40
now 41
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.00026.60
now 0
0
Oneil Cruz
.00026.60
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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