MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
Change to
Kyle Backhus
PHI · 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); Kyle Backhus 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
Kyle Backhus
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
8.9%
Kyle Backhus
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
13.9%
Kyle Backhus
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
28.8%
Kyle Backhus
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
34.1%
Kyle Backhus
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
9.1%
Kyle Backhus
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
.339
Kyle Backhus
.304
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
25.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
4.47
Kyle Backhus
25.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cal Quantrill
1.151.44
now 1.22
1.37
Kyle Backhus
1.151.44
now 1.24
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
4023.60
now 14
18
Kyle Backhus
4023.60
now 10
15
Winshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.0004.20
now 2
13
Kyle Backhus
.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
Buy LowKyle Backhus — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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