MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Keegan Akin
Keegan Akin
BAL · P
Change to
Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Steven Cruz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts.

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

Steven Cruz wins 1 categories (K); Keegan Akin wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Keegan Akin
93.7
Steven Cruz
98.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
9.5%
Steven Cruz
16.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
14.9%
Steven Cruz
28.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
28.0%
Steven Cruz
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
28.4%
Steven Cruz
34.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
5.7%
Steven Cruz
11.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Keegan Akin
.298
Steven Cruz
.305
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
Keegan Akin
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.88
3.70
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Keegan Akin
.9902.11
now 1.83
1.24
Steven Cruz
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Keegan Akin
4025.60
now 12
19
Steven Cruz
4025.60
now 20
20
Winshigher is better
Keegan Akin
.000.480
now 0
00
Steven Cruz
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKeegan Akin — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
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