MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
Change to
Chris Roycroft
TB · 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

Cal Quantrill wins 2 (K, W); Chris Roycroft wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
93.9
Chris Roycroft
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
8.8%
Chris Roycroft
8.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
15.8%
Chris Roycroft
16.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
29.0%
Chris Roycroft
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
34.1%
Chris Roycroft
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
8.3%
Chris Roycroft
12.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
.324
Chris Roycroft
.386
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
Cal Quantrill
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
4.17
Chris Roycroft
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.27
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cal Quantrill
.9002.55
now 1.22
1.32
Chris Roycroft
.9002.55
now 3.55
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
4020.60
now 14
15
Chris Roycroft
4020.60
now 3
10
Winshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.0004.20
now 2
13
Chris Roycroft
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighCal Quantrill — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeChris Roycroft — hold.conf 0.55
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