MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Joey Cantillo
Joey Cantillo
CLE · P
Change to
Lance McCullers Jr.
HOU · 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

Joey Cantillo wins 2 (ERA, W); Lance McCullers Jr. wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
91.9
Lance McCullers Jr.
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
13.0%
Lance McCullers Jr.
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
23.6%
Lance McCullers Jr.
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
29.3%
Lance McCullers Jr.
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
36.6%
Lance McCullers Jr.
50.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
8.9%
Lance McCullers Jr.
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
.315
Lance McCullers Jr.
.329
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Joey Cantillo
2.258.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
4.08
Lance McCullers Jr.
2.258.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.86
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Joey Cantillo
1.261.61
now 1.40
1.39
Lance McCullers Jr.
1.261.61
now 1.53
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
4089.20
now 52
69
Lance McCullers Jr.
4089.20
now 43
76
Winshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
.0009
now 4
37
Lance McCullers Jr.
.0009
now 2
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJoey Cantillo — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeLance McCullers Jr. — hold.conf 0.55
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