MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Juan Soto
Juan Soto
NYM · 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 — runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Juan Soto
92.6
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Juan Soto
48.7%
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Juan Soto
14.8%
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Juan Soto
19.9%
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Juan Soto
7.6%
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Juan Soto
.432
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
Juan Soto
.210.320
lg AVG .295
now .297
.273
Oneil Cruz
.210.320
lg AVG .295
now .255
.234

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Juan Soto
515.80
now 13
8
Oneil Cruz
515.80
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Juan Soto
2048.40
now 27
26
Oneil Cruz
2048.40
now 42
32
RBIhigher is better
Juan Soto
22.8046.20
now 29
28
Oneil Cruz
22.8046.20
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Juan Soto
.00024.60
now 5
5
Oneil Cruz
.00024.60
now 19
14
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJuan Soto — buy.conf 0.83
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
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