MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
Change to
Dylan Smith
SF · 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); Dylan Smith 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
Dylan Smith
95.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
8.8%
Dylan Smith
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
15.8%
Dylan Smith
26.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
29.0%
Dylan Smith
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
34.1%
Dylan Smith
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
8.3%
Dylan Smith
5.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
.324
Dylan Smith
.302
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
25.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
4.17
Dylan Smith
25.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cal Quantrill
.9001.61
now 1.22
1.32
Dylan Smith
.9001.61
now 0.60
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
4020.60
now 14
15
Dylan Smith
4020.60
now 2
13
Winshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.0004.20
now 2
13
Dylan Smith
.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
Sell HighDylan Smith — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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