MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
Change to
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grant Taylor.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Grant Taylor wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Fernando Cruz wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
93.3
Grant Taylor
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.4%
Grant Taylor
14.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
30.1%
Grant Taylor
34.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
28.6%
Grant Taylor
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
23.0%
Grant Taylor
41.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
5.4%
Grant Taylor
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.271
Grant Taylor
.242
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
Fernando Cruz
24.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.67
Grant Taylor
24.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
3.58
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
1.031.38
now 1.30
1.25
Grant Taylor
1.031.38
now 1.11
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4060.80
now 30
41
Grant Taylor
4060.80
now 44
52
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0008
now 3
26
Grant Taylor
.0008
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0003.40
now 0
0
Grant Taylor
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighFernando Cruz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.86
Hold · wait & seeGrant Taylor — hold.conf 0.50
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