Head to head · 2026 batting

Willy Adames vs Elly De La Cruz

So far in 2026 Elly De La Cruz has been worth 4.4 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Willy Adames SF

Elly De La Cruz CIN

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Willy Adames	Elly De La Cruz
G	121	136
PA	505	605
H	107	152
HR	21	28
RBI	51	74
SB	5	27
AVG	.230	.286
OBP	.289	.367
SLG	.424	.517
OPS	.713	.884
ISO	.194	.231
BB%	7.3%	11.2%
K%	27.5%	27.4%
wOBA	.312	.384
wRC+	97	150
WAR	2.1	6.5

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2015 begins at 2015, not at his real first game.

Career batting totals. AVG and SLG are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; OBP, wOBA and wRC+ need each season’s own constants and are left to the table above.
Statistic	Willy Adames	Elly De La Cruz
G	1,153	556
PA	4,801	2,427
H	1,040	569
2B	219	111
3B	8	29
HR	201	88
RBI	610	280
BB	465	239
SO	1,300	709
SB	68	166
AVG	.243	.263
SLG	.438	.462
WAR	26.6	19.3

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season’s own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.