MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · P
Change to
Portrait of Taylor Clarke
Taylor Clarke
AZ · 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 and ERA. Taylor Clarke’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Steven Cruz wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Taylor Clarke wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Steven Cruz
98.3
Taylor Clarke
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Steven Cruz
16.6%
Taylor Clarke
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Steven Cruz
28.7%
Taylor Clarke
13.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Steven Cruz
28.9%
Taylor Clarke
30.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Steven Cruz
34.4%
Taylor Clarke
32.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Steven Cruz
11.5%
Taylor Clarke
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Steven Cruz
.305
Taylor Clarke
.311
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
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.70
Taylor Clarke
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.80
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Steven Cruz
.9002.33
now 1.86
1.24
Taylor Clarke
.9002.33
now 0.68
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Steven Cruz
4025.60
now 20
20
Taylor Clarke
4025.60
now 12
11
Winshigher is better
Steven Cruz
.0002.80
now 0
00
Taylor Clarke
.0002.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeSteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTaylor Clarke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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