MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · P
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Portrait of Tim Hill
Tim Hill
NYY · P
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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. Tim Hill’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Steven Cruz wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Tim Hill 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
Tim Hill
89.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Steven Cruz
16.6%
Tim Hill
6.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Steven Cruz
28.7%
Tim Hill
10.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Steven Cruz
28.9%
Tim Hill
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Steven Cruz
34.4%
Tim Hill
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Steven Cruz
11.5%
Tim Hill
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Steven Cruz
.305
Tim Hill
.328
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
Tim Hill
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.03
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Steven Cruz
.9502.12
now 1.86
1.24
Tim Hill
.9502.12
now 1.21
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Steven Cruz
4025.60
now 20
20
Tim Hill
4025.60
now 11
11
Winshigher is better
Steven Cruz
.0002.80
now 0
00
Tim Hill
.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
Hold · wait & seeTim Hill — hold.conf 0.50
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