MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
Change to
Portrait of Juan Mejia
Juan Mejia
COL · 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, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
93.2
Juan Mejia
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.5%
Juan Mejia
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.8%
Juan Mejia
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.7%
Juan Mejia
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
21.9%
Juan Mejia
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
6.3%
Juan Mejia
4.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.267
Juan Mejia
.317
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 · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Fernando Cruz
27.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.67
Juan Mejia
27.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
1.071.88
now 1.30
1.25
Juan Mejia
1.071.88
now 1.70
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4035.60
now 30
27
Juan Mejia
4035.60
now 30
26
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0005.20
now 3
14
Juan Mejia
.0005.20
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0004.40
now 0
0
Juan Mejia
.0004.40
now 3
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeFernando Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJuan Mejia — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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