MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
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Portrait of Tony Santillan
Tony Santillan
CIN · P
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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); Tony Santillan wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
93.2
Tony Santillan
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.5%
Tony Santillan
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.8%
Tony Santillan
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.7%
Tony Santillan
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
21.9%
Tony Santillan
46.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
6.3%
Tony Santillan
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.267
Tony Santillan
.348
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
26.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.67
Tony Santillan
26.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
1.141.60
now 1.30
1.25
Tony Santillan
1.141.60
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4035.60
now 30
27
Tony Santillan
4035.60
now 22
23
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0005.20
now 3
14
Tony Santillan
.0005.20
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0003.40
now 0
0
Tony Santillan
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeFernando Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTony Santillan — hold.conf 0.50
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