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Oneil Cruz

Oneil Cruz — today's matchup, what the model projects, and how our calls on him have graded. Top board: triples at 72.8/100.

Today's top board
72.8
Triples · @ LAD
Our calls on him · hits
60%
1+ hit in 6/10 top-20 calls
Games graded
64
this season, box-score final
Oneil Cruz
CFBats LThrows RPittsburgh Pirates
Triples72.8/100proj 0Stolen Bases62.7/100proj 0.2Runs57.1/100proj 0.5Hits56.6/100proj 1Walks54.5/100proj 0.4Fantasy Points53.6/100proj 7H+R+RBI52.8/100proj 1.7Singles46.3/100proj 0.6RBIs45.6/100proj 0.5Total Bases39.5/100proj 1.5Doubles27.1/100proj 0.2Home Runs26.3/100proj 0.2

Today's matchup

Today it's Los Angeles Dodgers for Oneil, away. He shows up on 12 boards — triples (72.8/100), stolen bases (62.7/100), runs (57.1/100), hits (56.6/100). We've got him at 0 on the triples board. Open any board row for the full breakdown of what's driving it.

Recent form

Oneil is 8-for-27 (.296) over his last 10 games, in line with his .249 season line. No hot streak to fade, no slump to buy — the matchup is doing the work in his score, which is the normal case. The full game log is below.

What kind of hitter he is

Oneil has 16 home runs and 27 extra-base hits in 253 at-bats this season. That profile is why he grades better on the total-bases and home-run boards than his batting average alone would suggest — those boards reward damage, not just contact. Park and weather matter more for a hitter like him too, and both feed the score.

He's a left-handed bat

Oneil hits from the left side, and that's the first thing the model looks at. Left-handed hitters see right-handed pitching most nights, which is the favourable side — so a lefty bat's baseline is set against righties, and drawing a left-handed starter is a genuine downgrade rather than a rounding error. When you see his score fall on a day he's still in the lineup, an opposing lefty is usually why. Handedness also shapes the park read: pull-side geometry matters more for a left-handed swing than the raw park factor suggests.

Floor and ceiling

Oneil has recorded at least one hit in 43 of 63 games he's batted in — 68% — with 15 multi-hit games among them. That's about average — most regulars land somewhere near it.

Home and away

Oneil is hitting .246 at home (32-for-130) and .252 on the road (31-for-123) across the season. There's not much in it, which is the normal case. Home-road splits get talked about far more than they hold up.

His best game in the log

Oneil's biggest night was Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at HOU — 2-for-5 with 1 homer, 3 driven in. That's the ceiling, not the expectation. The projection you'll see on a board is closer to his typical game than his best one, which is the whole point of projecting rather than remembering.

How our calls on Oneil have graded

In the 10 games where we ranked Oneil a top-20 hitter matchup, he recorded a hit 6 times — 60%. That's a thin sample and we'd treat it as such. Every one of those calls was graded against the real box score, misses included.

Where he lands across our boards

Oneil was scored on 12 boards in that matchup, and the spread is the interesting part: triples graded 72.8/100 while home runs came in at 26.3/100. Same player, same game, same opposing arm — different questions. A spread that wide usually means the matchup favours one kind of outcome over another, and it's the clearest argument for reading the board that matches what you actually care about.

How the model reads him

Oneil's score rates the spot in front of him, not the name on the jersey. It weighs his rates against the kind of arm he's facing — handedness matters a lot — set against what that pitcher and his bullpen give up, then adjusts for expected playing time, park, weather, and recent form, normalized 0–100 across the slate. The weighting is proprietary and re-tuned weekly; the grading is public, and that's the half that proves anything.

What we'd flag

Books don't price every player — coverage tops out around 87% even for confirmed starters, so "no line" here usually means no book posted one rather than a gap in our data. Lineups change late, and an afternoon projection can be stale by first pitch. And the model is tuned across hundreds of graded outcomes, so one game tells you nothing about whether it's working.

Recent game log

DateOppABHHRRRBI
Saturday, August 22@ LAD41012
Friday, August 21@ LAD31112
Wednesday, August 19vs DET31001
Tuesday, August 18vs DET31112
Sunday, June 7@ ATL00000
Saturday, June 6@ ATL10000
Friday, June 5@ ATL40000
Thursday, June 4@ HOU22000
Tuesday, June 2@ HOU52113
Sunday, May 31vs MIN20021
Saturday, May 30vs MIN41113
Friday, May 29vs MIN31112

Oneil Cruz — FAQ

Who is Oneil Cruz facing today?

Oneil Cruz is facing Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, August 23, 2026. His strongest matchup grades 72.8/100 on our triples board.

What is Oneil Cruz's projection today?

We project Oneil for 0 on the triples board. That's the model's number for this specific matchup — the opposing arm, the park, the weather, and his expected playing time all feed it. It's graded against the real box score tonight.

How have MatchWiz's calls on Oneil Cruz graded?

In the 10 games where our model ranked Oneil a top-20 hitter matchup, he got at least one hit 6 times — 60%. Every call is graded against the real result at the line the market offered, wins and losses both.

How has Oneil Cruz been hitting lately?

Oneil is 8-for-27 (.296) over his last 10 games, against .249 on the season across 253 at-bats in our log, with 16 home runs. The full game-by-game log is on this page.

Which MatchWiz boards does Oneil Cruz appear on?

Oneil was scored on 12 boards in his last matchup — triples, stolen bases, runs, hits, walks. Each one asks a different question about the same game, so his score can be strong on one and weak on another.

Are Oneil Cruz's projections betting advice?

No. Every number on this page is a research signal from a statistical model, published alongside its graded record so you can judge it yourself. The model is re-tuned weekly and can be wrong on any given day. Nothing here is a guaranteed outcome. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).

Projections are a research signal from our model, graded against real box-score results — not betting advice. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).