MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Finnegan
Kyle Finnegan
DET · 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, ERA, and WHIP. Kyle Finnegan’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Steven Cruz wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kyle Finnegan wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Finnegan
96.3
Steven Cruz
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Finnegan
11.5%
Steven Cruz
17.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Finnegan
18.1%
Steven Cruz
29.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Finnegan
27.8%
Steven Cruz
27.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Finnegan
42.5%
Steven Cruz
36.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Finnegan
6.7%
Steven Cruz
11.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Finnegan
.317
Steven Cruz
.316
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 · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Kyle Finnegan
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.74
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Finnegan
.9902.11
now 1.54
1.27
Steven Cruz
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Finnegan
4029.60
now 16
15
Steven Cruz
4029.60
now 20
24
Winshigher is better
Kyle Finnegan
.0001.48
now 1
11
Steven Cruz
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Kyle Finnegan
.0002.40
now 1
11
Steven Cruz
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKyle Finnegan — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
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