MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · 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 WHIP. Trent Thornton’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 n/a

Cal Quantrill wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Trent Thornton 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
93.8
Trent Thornton
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
9.5%
Trent Thornton
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
18.5%
Trent Thornton
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
30.1%
Trent Thornton
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
36.2%
Trent Thornton
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
7.8%
Trent Thornton
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
.305
Trent Thornton
.344
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
24.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.82
Trent Thornton
24.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cal Quantrill
.9001.38
now 1.22
1.23
Trent Thornton
.9001.38
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
4019.60
now 14
4
Trent Thornton
4019.60
now 6
3
Winshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.0002.80
now 2
01
Trent Thornton
.0002.80
now 2
01

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