MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
Change to
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Pfaadt.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Cal Quantrill’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Brandon Pfaadt wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Cal Quantrill 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
Brandon Pfaadt
93.3
Cal Quantrill
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.8%
Cal Quantrill
8.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
17.7%
Cal Quantrill
14.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
31.8%
Cal Quantrill
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
38.5%
Cal Quantrill
35.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.1%
Cal Quantrill
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.325
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
Brandon Pfaadt
26.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.17
Cal Quantrill
26.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
4.45
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.141.49
now 1.41
1.34
Cal Quantrill
1.141.49
now 1.22
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4039.20
now 30
32
Cal Quantrill
4039.20
now 14
21
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.0005.60
now 0
00
Cal Quantrill
.0005.60
now 2
14

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrandon Pfaadt — sell.conf 0.65
Sell HighCal Quantrill — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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