MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
Change to
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cal Quantrill wins 2 (WHIP, W); Daniel Palencia wins 2 (ERA, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
93.8
Daniel Palencia
99.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
9.5%
Daniel Palencia
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
18.5%
Daniel Palencia
26.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
30.1%
Daniel Palencia
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
36.2%
Daniel Palencia
31.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
7.8%
Daniel Palencia
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
.305
Daniel Palencia
.311
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
24.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.82
Daniel Palencia
24.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cal Quantrill
1.121.56
now 1.22
1.23
Daniel Palencia
1.121.56
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
4019.60
now 14
4
Daniel Palencia
4019.60
now 12
4
Winshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.0002.80
now 2
01
Daniel Palencia
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.0004.40
now 0
0
Daniel Palencia
.0004.40
now 3
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighCal Quantrill — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Buy LowDaniel Palencia — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.85
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