MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Joey Cantillo
Joey Cantillo
CLE · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Joey Cantillo.

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

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

Joey Cantillo wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Brandon Young wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.3
Joey Cantillo
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Joey Cantillo
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.3%
Joey Cantillo
24.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.5%
Joey Cantillo
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
41.8%
Joey Cantillo
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
5.7%
Joey Cantillo
7.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.313
Joey Cantillo
.305
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 Young
3.054.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.11
Joey Cantillo
3.054.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
3.89
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.281.49
now 1.37
1.35
Joey Cantillo
1.281.49
now 1.40
1.42

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4059.60
now 33
34
Joey Cantillo
4059.60
now 52
42
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.8006.20
now 3
24
Joey Cantillo
.8006.20
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans buyJoey Cantillo — hold.conf 0.60
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