MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
CIN · P
Change to
Jose Quintana
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Andrew Abbott wins 2 (K, W); Jose Quintana wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.6
Jose Quintana
89.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.5%
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
18.4%
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
28.8%
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
38.9%
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
7.4%
Jose Quintana
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.335
Jose Quintana
.343
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
Andrew Abbott
3.525.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.51
Jose Quintana
3.525.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.27
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.291.58
now 1.44
1.42
Jose Quintana
1.291.58
now 1.51
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4050.80
now 42
41
Jose Quintana
4050.80
now 20
36
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.8006.20
now 4
25
Jose Quintana
.8006.20
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Abbott — sell.conf 0.74
Hold · wait & seeJose Quintana — hold.conf 0.50
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