MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
Change to
PJ Poulin
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, ERA, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Fernando Cruz wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); PJ Poulin wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
93.2
PJ Poulin
90.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.5%
PJ Poulin
6.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.8%
PJ Poulin
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.7%
PJ Poulin
23.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
21.9%
PJ Poulin
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
6.3%
PJ Poulin
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.267
PJ Poulin
.353
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
24.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.67
PJ Poulin
24.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
1.171.54
now 1.30
1.25
PJ Poulin
1.171.54
now 1.46
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4035.60
now 30
27
PJ Poulin
4035.60
now 18
17
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0005.20
now 3
14
PJ Poulin
.0005.20
now 3
23
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0003.40
now 0
0
PJ Poulin
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeFernando Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPJ Poulin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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