MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Joey Cantillo
Joey Cantillo
CLE · P
Change to
Matt Waldron
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Waldron.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Joey Cantillo’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Matt Waldron wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Joey Cantillo wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
92.2
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
13.0%
Matt Waldron
8.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
24.3%
Matt Waldron
17.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
27.7%
Matt Waldron
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
39.7%
Matt Waldron
36.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
8.0%
Matt Waldron
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
.316
Matt Waldron
.292
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
Joey Cantillo
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
4.17
Matt Waldron
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.08
WHIPlower is better
Joey Cantillo
1.141.87
now 1.40
1.46
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
4068.40
now 52
11
Matt Waldron
4068.40
now 22
11
Winshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
.0005.60
now 4
11
Matt Waldron
.0005.60
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJoey Cantillo — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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