MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Hoby Milner
Hoby Milner
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Steven Cruz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Hoby Milner’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Steven Cruz wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Hoby Milner wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Hoby Milner
87.3
Steven Cruz
98.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
7.8%
Steven Cruz
16.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
11.1%
Steven Cruz
30.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
29.6%
Steven Cruz
25.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Hoby Milner
36.4%
Steven Cruz
31.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Hoby Milner
5.5%
Steven Cruz
13.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Hoby Milner
.345
Steven Cruz
.320
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
Hoby Milner
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
3.76
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Hoby Milner
.9002.19
now 1.03
1.25
Steven Cruz
.9002.19
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Hoby Milner
4044.20
now 12
25
Steven Cruz
4044.20
now 20
35
Winshigher is better
Hoby Milner
.0002.80
now 1
12
Steven Cruz
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Hoby Milner
.0003.40
now 1
12
Steven Cruz
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighHoby Milner — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeSteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
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