MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
Change to
Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · 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); Mark Leiter Jr. wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
93.1
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.2%
Mark Leiter Jr.
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
28.7%
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.1%
Mark Leiter Jr.
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
23.9%
Mark Leiter Jr.
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
7.7%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.277
Mark Leiter Jr.
.316
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
26.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.17
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
1.151.55
now 1.30
1.40
Mark Leiter Jr.
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4036
now 30
20
Mark Leiter Jr.
4036
now 25
15
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0004.20
now 3
13
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0005.60
now 0
0
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighFernando Cruz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.82
Hold · wait & seeMark Leiter Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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