MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 14, 2026
Portrait of Joey Cantillo
Joey Cantillo
CLE · P
Change to
Mick Abel
MIN · 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); Mick Abel 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
92.0
Mick Abel
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
13.5%
Mick Abel
14.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
24.4%
Mick Abel
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
29.3%
Mick Abel
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
36.5%
Mick Abel
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
7.7%
Mick Abel
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
.306
Mick Abel
.349
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
3.354.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
3.88
Mick Abel
3.354.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.98
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Joey Cantillo
1.191.68
now 1.40
1.41
Mick Abel
1.191.68
now 1.57
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
4066.40
now 52
53
Mick Abel
4066.40
now 23
54
Winshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
.0008
now 4
36
Mick Abel
.0008
now 1
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyJoey Cantillo — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeMick Abel — hold.conf 0.50
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