MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
Change to
Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Fernando Cruz wins 2 (K, ERA); Matt Gage wins 2 (W, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
93.3
Matt Gage
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.8%
Matt Gage
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
30.5%
Matt Gage
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.0%
Matt Gage
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
22.9%
Matt Gage
29.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
5.7%
Matt Gage
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.275
Matt Gage
.326
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
24.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.67
Matt Gage
24.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
1.181.37
now 1.30
1.25
Matt Gage
1.181.37
now 1.29
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4051.20
now 30
42
Matt Gage
4051.20
now 19
27
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.00010.40
now 3
26
Matt Gage
.00010.40
now 4
38
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0003.40
now 0
0
Matt Gage
.0003.40
now 1
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighFernando Cruz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighMatt Gage — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.82
Tweet