MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · LF
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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, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Oneil Cruz wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Jake McCarthy wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
85.5
Oneil Cruz
94.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
28.8%
Oneil Cruz
55.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
5.2%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
38.1%
Oneil Cruz
31.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
12.3%
Oneil Cruz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
.322
Oneil Cruz
.350
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
Jake McCarthy
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.259
Oneil Cruz
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .255
.228

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
518.20
now 4
0
Oneil Cruz
518.20
now 13
1
Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2057.20
now 20
4
Oneil Cruz
2057.20
now 42
7
RBIhigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2055.40
now 25
5
Oneil Cruz
2055.40
now 41
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
.00025.80
now 10
2
Oneil Cruz
.00025.80
now 19
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.72
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.67
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