MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Joey Cantillo
Joey Cantillo
CLE · P
Change to
Max Scherzer
TOR · 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 (K, W); Max Scherzer wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
91.8
Max Scherzer
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
12.5%
Max Scherzer
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
22.4%
Max Scherzer
13.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
28.8%
Max Scherzer
30.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
36.7%
Max Scherzer
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
8.8%
Max Scherzer
13.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
.319
Max Scherzer
.378
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
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.14
WHIPlower is better
Joey Cantillo
1.141.90
now 1.40
1.41
Max Scherzer
1.141.90
now 1.73
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
40100.80
now 52
76
Max Scherzer
40100.80
now 14
68
Winshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
.00010.80
now 4
48
Max Scherzer
.00010.80
now 1
24

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 & seeMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.50
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