MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
Change to
Portrait of Taylor Rogers
Taylor Rogers
MIN · 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); Taylor Rogers 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
Taylor Rogers
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.4%
Taylor Rogers
7.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.1%
Taylor Rogers
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.3%
Taylor Rogers
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
22.8%
Taylor Rogers
25.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
7.0%
Taylor Rogers
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.272
Taylor Rogers
.312
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
24.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.05
Taylor Rogers
24.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.15
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
1.111.70
now 1.30
1.40
Taylor Rogers
1.111.70
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4036.40
now 30
20
Taylor Rogers
4036.40
now 17
14
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0004.20
now 3
13
Taylor Rogers
.0004.20
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0003.40
now 0
0
Taylor Rogers
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyFernando Cruz — buy.conf 0.92
Buy LowTaylor Rogers — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.85
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