MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Portrait of Oneil Cruz
Oneil Cruz
PIT · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
James Wood
95.0
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
James Wood
60.1%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
James Wood
22.6%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
James Wood
22.3%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
James Wood
11.7%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
James Wood
.433
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
James Wood
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .272
.256
Oneil Cruz
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .255
.234

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
James Wood
520
now 16
10
Oneil Cruz
520
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
James Wood
23.6061.40
now 53
38
Oneil Cruz
23.6061.40
now 42
32
RBIhigher is better
James Wood
22.8046.20
now 39
28
Oneil Cruz
22.8046.20
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
James Wood
2.2023.80
now 10
7
Oneil Cruz
2.2023.80
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.84
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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