MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
Change to
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · 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); John King wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
93.2
John King
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.4%
John King
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
28.6%
John King
19.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.1%
John King
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
23.0%
John King
37.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
7.1%
John King
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.276
John King
.289
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
3.14
John King
24.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
.9001.69
now 1.30
1.41
John King
.9001.69
now 0.72
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4037.60
now 30
21
John King
4037.60
now 20
11
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0004.20
now 3
13
John King
.0004.20
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0002.40
now 0
0
John King
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyFernando Cruz — buy.conf 0.89
Sell HighJohn King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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