MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Harrison Bader
Harrison Bader
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

Oneil Cruz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Oneil Cruz wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Harrison Bader wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Harrison Bader
89.2
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Harrison Bader
41.1%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Harrison Bader
8.2%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Harrison Bader
38.7%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Harrison Bader
17.1%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Harrison Bader
.272
Oneil Cruz
.358
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
Harrison Bader
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .170
.184
Oneil Cruz
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .255
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Harrison Bader
517.40
now 5
2
Oneil Cruz
517.40
now 13
5
Runshigher is better
Harrison Bader
2054.80
now 10
12
Oneil Cruz
2054.80
now 42
26
RBIhigher is better
Harrison Bader
2051.80
now 14
16
Oneil Cruz
2051.80
now 41
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Harrison Bader
.00026.60
now 0
0
Oneil Cruz
.00026.60
now 19
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowHarrison Bader — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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