MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
Change to
Portrait of Mitchell Parker
Mitchell Parker
WSH · 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 and ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Fernando Cruz wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Mitchell Parker wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
93.2
Mitchell Parker
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.5%
Mitchell Parker
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.8%
Mitchell Parker
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.7%
Mitchell Parker
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
21.9%
Mitchell Parker
41.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
6.3%
Mitchell Parker
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.267
Mitchell Parker
.347
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
26.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.67
Mitchell Parker
26.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.28
3.82
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
1.101.37
now 1.30
1.25
Mitchell Parker
1.101.37
now 1.17
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4035.60
now 30
27
Mitchell Parker
4035.60
now 26
24
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0005.20
now 3
14
Mitchell Parker
.0005.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0002.40
now 0
0
Mitchell Parker
.0002.40
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeFernando Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMitchell Parker — hold.conf 0.55
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