MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Evan Carter
Evan Carter
TEX · CF
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 — home runs, runs, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Oneil Cruz wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Evan Carter wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Evan Carter
88.0
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Evan Carter
38.2%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Evan Carter
5.9%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Evan Carter
19.6%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Evan Carter
11.5%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Evan Carter
.300
Oneil Cruz
.358
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 · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Evan Carter
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .171
.187
Oneil Cruz
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .255
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Evan Carter
517.40
now 6
2
Oneil Cruz
517.40
now 13
5
Runshigher is better
Evan Carter
2052.40
now 22
16
Oneil Cruz
2052.40
now 42
26
RBIhigher is better
Evan Carter
2052.20
now 18
13
Oneil Cruz
2052.20
now 41
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Evan Carter
.80024.20
now 9
6
Oneil Cruz
.80024.20
now 19
12
If you already own them — trade angle
SellEvan Carter — sell.conf 0.58
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
Tweet