MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Oneil Cruz
Oneil Cruz
PIT · CF
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Portrait of Ronald Acuña Jr.
Ronald Acuña Jr.
ATL · RF
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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); Ronald Acuña Jr. wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Oneil Cruz
96.0
Ronald Acuña Jr.
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Oneil Cruz
59.2%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
43.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Oneil Cruz
16.4%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
13.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Oneil Cruz
32.4%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
26.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Oneil Cruz
16.5%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Oneil Cruz
.358
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.372
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
Oneil Cruz
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .255
.231
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .253
.237

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Oneil Cruz
516.20
now 13
5
Ronald Acuña Jr.
516.20
now 7
5
Runshigher is better
Oneil Cruz
2050.80
now 42
26
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2050.80
now 27
20
RBIhigher is better
Oneil Cruz
2051
now 41
25
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2051
now 21
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Oneil Cruz
523
now 19
12
Ronald Acuña Jr.
523
now 12
9
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyOneil Cruz — buy.conf 0.69
BuyRonald Acuña Jr. — buy.conf 0.71
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