MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
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Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cal Quantrill.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and wins.

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

Cal Quantrill wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); AJ Blubaugh wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.6
Cal Quantrill
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.2%
Cal Quantrill
8.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
23.6%
Cal Quantrill
14.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
28.1%
Cal Quantrill
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
34.4%
Cal Quantrill
35.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
8.0%
Cal Quantrill
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.312
Cal Quantrill
.339
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.92
Cal Quantrill
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
4.45
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
1.151.44
now 1.31
1.37
Cal Quantrill
1.151.44
now 1.22
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4033.60
now 28
20
Cal Quantrill
4033.60
now 14
21
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0005.20
now 2
12
Cal Quantrill
.0005.20
now 2
14

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAJ Blubaugh — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighCal Quantrill — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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