MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Grant McCray
SF · CF
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Portrait of Oneil Cruz
Oneil Cruz
PIT · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grant McCray.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, steals, and average. Oneil Cruz’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Grant McCray wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Oneil Cruz wins 2 (HR, RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Grant McCray
87.1
Oneil Cruz
95.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Grant McCray
29.5%
Oneil Cruz
55.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Grant McCray
11.4%
Oneil Cruz
16.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Grant McCray
26.9%
Oneil Cruz
31.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Grant McCray
14.0%
Oneil Cruz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Grant McCray
.323
Oneil Cruz
.352
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 · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Grant McCray
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .000
.246
Oneil Cruz
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .255
.228

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Grant McCray
518.20
now 0
0
Oneil Cruz
518.20
now 13
1
Runshigher is better
Grant McCray
2058.40
now 1
22
Oneil Cruz
2058.40
now 42
7
RBIhigher is better
Grant McCray
2057.40
now 0
0
Oneil Cruz
2057.40
now 41
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Grant McCray
.00030.40
now 1
22
Oneil Cruz
.00030.40
now 19
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGrant McCray — hold.conf 0.50
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.67
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