MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Phil Maton
Phil Maton
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Phil Maton.

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

Phil Maton wins 1 categories (K); Steven Cruz 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
Phil Maton
90.2
Steven Cruz
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Phil Maton
12.3%
Steven Cruz
16.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Phil Maton
23.8%
Steven Cruz
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Phil Maton
28.6%
Steven Cruz
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Phil Maton
44.3%
Steven Cruz
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Phil Maton
12.7%
Steven Cruz
12.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Phil Maton
.389
Steven Cruz
.317
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
Phil Maton
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Phil Maton
.9902.11
now 1.71
1.24
Steven Cruz
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Phil Maton
4029.60
now 22
24
Steven Cruz
4029.60
now 20
23
Winshigher is better
Phil Maton
.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 & seePhil Maton — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
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