MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Portrait of Jonathan Bowlan
Jonathan Bowlan
PHI · P
Change to
Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Jonathan Bowlan wins 1 (W); Steven Cruz wins 1 (K); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jonathan Bowlan
97.4
Steven Cruz
98.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jonathan Bowlan
16.1%
Steven Cruz
16.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jonathan Bowlan
29.1%
Steven Cruz
29.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jonathan Bowlan
33.2%
Steven Cruz
25.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jonathan Bowlan
33.8%
Steven Cruz
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jonathan Bowlan
4.2%
Steven Cruz
11.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jonathan Bowlan
.256
Steven Cruz
.316
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
Jonathan Bowlan
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.67
3.70
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jonathan Bowlan
.9002.14
now 1.15
1.24
Steven Cruz
.9002.14
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jonathan Bowlan
4034.60
now 16
20
Steven Cruz
4034.60
now 20
29
Winshigher is better
Jonathan Bowlan
.0002.80
now 1
12
Steven Cruz
.0002.80
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJonathan Bowlan — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.82
Hold · wait & seeSteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
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