MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · P
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Portrait of Tyler Holton
Tyler Holton
DET · 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 WHIP. Tyler Holton’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, WHIP); Tyler Holton wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Steven Cruz
98.4
Tyler Holton
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Steven Cruz
14.2%
Tyler Holton
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Steven Cruz
25.3%
Tyler Holton
18.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Steven Cruz
27.3%
Tyler Holton
28.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Steven Cruz
36.5%
Tyler Holton
37.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Steven Cruz
10.1%
Tyler Holton
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Steven Cruz
.312
Tyler Holton
.300
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
3.95
Tyler Holton
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.23
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Steven Cruz
1.052.09
now 1.86
1.28
Tyler Holton
1.052.09
now 1.37
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Steven Cruz
4031.60
now 20
6
Tyler Holton
4031.60
now 24
5
Winshigher is better
Steven Cruz
.0001.48
now 0
00
Tyler Holton
.0001.48
now 1
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadySteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.60
BuyTyler Holton — buy.conf 0.70
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