MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · 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, 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
84.9
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
25.0%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
5.8%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
34.9%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
12.4%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
.312
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
Jake McCarthy
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.253
Oneil Cruz
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .255
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
517.40
now 4
2
Oneil Cruz
517.40
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2050.80
now 20
20
Oneil Cruz
2050.80
now 42
31
RBIhigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2047.40
now 25
25
Oneil Cruz
2047.40
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
6.4022.60
now 10
10
Oneil Cruz
6.4022.60
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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