MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 29, 2026
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
Change to
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
PIT · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
◀
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Cal Quantrill wins 1 (WHIP); Lake Bachar wins 1 (ERA); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
93.8
Lake Bachar
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
9.4%
Lake Bachar
13.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
18.3%
Lake Bachar
26.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
30.1%
Lake Bachar
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
36.4%
Lake Bachar
34.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
7.3%
Lake Bachar
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
.303
Lake Bachar
.285
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
2.024.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.81
Lake Bachar
2.024.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.39
WHIPlower is better
Cal Quantrill
.9101.37
now 1.22
1.20
Lake Bachar
.9101.37
now 1.01
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
4044.80
now 14
0
Lake Bachar
4044.80
now 32
0
Winshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.0002.80
now 2
0–0
Lake Bachar
.0002.80
now 0
0–0

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
BuyLake Bachar — buy.conf 0.81
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