MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
AJ Smith-Shawver
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Joey Cantillo
Joey Cantillo
CLE · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

AJ Smith-Shawver.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Joey Cantillo’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

AJ Smith-Shawver wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Joey Cantillo 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
AJ Smith-Shawver
96.0
Joey Cantillo
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
11.5%
Joey Cantillo
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
17.5%
Joey Cantillo
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
28.9%
Joey Cantillo
27.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
38.0%
Joey Cantillo
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
8.5%
Joey Cantillo
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
.336
Joey Cantillo
.316
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
AJ Smith-Shawver
3.334.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.15
4.10
Joey Cantillo
3.334.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
4.17
WHIPlower is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
1.231.53
now 1.38
1.30
Joey Cantillo
1.231.53
now 1.40
1.46

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
4071.20
now 4
10
Joey Cantillo
4071.20
now 52
10
Winshigher is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
.0005.60
now 0
00
Joey Cantillo
.0005.60
now 4
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAJ Smith-Shawver — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyJoey Cantillo — hold.conf 0.60
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