MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
Change to
Portrait of Juan Mejia
Juan Mejia
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Juan Mejia.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and saves. Cal Quantrill’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Juan Mejia wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Cal Quantrill wins 2 (WHIP, W).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
93.9
Juan Mejia
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
8.9%
Juan Mejia
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
13.9%
Juan Mejia
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
28.8%
Juan Mejia
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
34.1%
Juan Mejia
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
9.1%
Juan Mejia
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
.339
Juan Mejia
.316
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
Cal Quantrill
27.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
4.49
Juan Mejia
27.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.03
WHIPlower is better
Cal Quantrill
1.031.89
now 1.22
1.37
Juan Mejia
1.031.89
now 1.70
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
4036.40
now 14
20
Juan Mejia
4036.40
now 30
24
Winshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.0005.60
now 2
14
Juan Mejia
.0005.60
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.0004.40
now 0
0
Juan Mejia
.0004.40
now 3
23
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 LowJuan Mejia — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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