MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Cole Ragans
KC · P
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Jose Quintana
COL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cole Ragans.

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

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

Cole Ragans wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Jose Quintana wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Ragans
94.9
Jose Quintana
89.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Jose Quintana
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Jose Quintana
.343
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
Cole Ragans
3.835.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.24
Jose Quintana
3.835.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.28
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.261.58
now 1.42
1.33
Jose Quintana
1.261.58
now 1.51
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4059.80
now 45
14
Jose Quintana
4059.80
now 20
8
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0002.80
now 1
00
Jose Quintana
.0002.80
now 2
01

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJose Quintana — hold.conf 0.50
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