MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
Change to
Victor Vodnik
COL · 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); Victor Vodnik 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
Victor Vodnik
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.5%
Victor Vodnik
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.8%
Victor Vodnik
16.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.7%
Victor Vodnik
27.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
21.9%
Victor Vodnik
37.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
6.3%
Victor Vodnik
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.267
Victor Vodnik
.321
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.67
Victor Vodnik
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
.9002.46
now 1.30
1.25
Victor Vodnik
.9002.46
now 2.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4035.60
now 30
28
Victor Vodnik
4035.60
now 16
20
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0005.20
now 3
14
Victor Vodnik
.0005.20
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0008.40
now 0
0
Victor Vodnik
.0008.40
now 4
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeFernando Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowVictor Vodnik — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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