MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · 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

Anthony Kay 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
Anthony Kay
95.8
Jose Quintana
89.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.0%
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.2%
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
32.4%
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.3%
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
9.2%
Jose Quintana
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.353
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
Anthony Kay
3.175.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.86
Jose Quintana
3.175.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.26
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.291.58
now 1.40
1.38
Jose Quintana
1.291.58
now 1.51
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4070.40
now 42
56
Jose Quintana
4070.40
now 20
48
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.00011.80
now 5
49
Jose Quintana
.00011.80
now 2
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeJose Quintana — hold.conf 0.50
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