MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
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Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cal Quantrill.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Cal Quantrill wins 2 categories (K, W); Paul Blackburn wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
93.9
Paul Blackburn
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
8.8%
Paul Blackburn
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
15.8%
Paul Blackburn
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
29.0%
Paul Blackburn
27.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
34.1%
Paul Blackburn
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
8.3%
Paul Blackburn
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
.324
Paul Blackburn
.291
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
24.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
4.17
Paul Blackburn
24.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.51
WHIPlower is better
Cal Quantrill
1.131.53
now 1.22
1.32
Paul Blackburn
1.131.53
now 1.44
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
4021.60
now 14
15
Paul Blackburn
4021.60
now 16
11
Winshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.2003.80
now 2
13
Paul Blackburn
.2003.80
now 2
12

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 HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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