MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Joey Cantillo
Joey Cantillo
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Robbie Ray
Robbie Ray
SF · 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); Robbie Ray 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
Robbie Ray
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
13.0%
Robbie Ray
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
23.5%
Robbie Ray
20.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joey Cantillo
29.2%
Robbie Ray
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
36.5%
Robbie Ray
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
8.0%
Robbie Ray
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joey Cantillo
.313
Robbie Ray
.329
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
3.224.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
4.08
Robbie Ray
3.224.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.45
4.40
WHIPlower is better
Joey Cantillo
1.301.48
now 1.40
1.41
Robbie Ray
1.301.48
now 1.40
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
45.2075.80
now 52
58
Robbie Ray
45.2075.80
now 59
69
Winshigher is better
Joey Cantillo
.4007.60
now 4
36
Robbie Ray
.4007.60
now 3
24

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

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