MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
Change to
Josh Ekness
MIA · P
Change to
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); Josh Ekness 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
Josh Ekness
97.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
9.5%
Josh Ekness
8.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
18.5%
Josh Ekness
15.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
30.1%
Josh Ekness
22.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
36.2%
Josh Ekness
34.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
7.8%
Josh Ekness
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
.305
Josh Ekness
.332
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
24.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.82
Josh Ekness
24.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cal Quantrill
1.151.38
now 1.22
1.23
Josh Ekness
1.151.38
now 1.31
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
4019.60
now 14
4
Josh Ekness
4019.60
now 5
4
Winshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.0002.80
now 2
01
Josh Ekness
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.0002.40
now 0
0
Josh Ekness
.0002.40
now 1
01
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 HighJosh Ekness — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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