MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Joey Cantillo
Joey Cantillo
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Martinez
Nick Martinez
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Joey Cantillo.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Nick Martinez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Joey Cantillo wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Nick Martinez wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
92.0
Nick Martinez
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
13.5%
Nick Martinez
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
24.4%
Nick Martinez
14.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
29.3%
Nick Martinez
32.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
36.5%
Nick Martinez
33.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
7.7%
Nick Martinez
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
.306
Nick Martinez
.333
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
25.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
3.88
Nick Martinez
25.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.62
4.47
WHIPlower is better
Joey Cantillo
.9901.53
now 1.40
1.41
Nick Martinez
.9901.53
now 1.11
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
4057.60
now 52
50
Nick Martinez
4057.60
now 41
38
Winshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
.4007.60
now 4
25
Nick Martinez
.4007.60
now 5
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyJoey Cantillo — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighNick Martinez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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