MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Jose Quintana
COL · P
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Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
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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

Jose Quintana wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Matthew Liberatore wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jose Quintana
89.7
Matthew Liberatore
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Matthew Liberatore
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Matthew Liberatore
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Matthew Liberatore
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Matthew Liberatore
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
8.4%
Matthew Liberatore
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jose Quintana
.343
Matthew Liberatore
.350
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
Jose Quintana
3.875.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.27
Matthew Liberatore
3.875.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.83
WHIPlower is better
Jose Quintana
1.291.58
now 1.51
1.36
Matthew Liberatore
1.291.58
now 1.50
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jose Quintana
4071.80
now 20
36
Matthew Liberatore
4071.80
now 57
51
Winshigher is better
Jose Quintana
1.204.80
now 2
23
Matthew Liberatore
1.204.80
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJose Quintana — hold.conf 0.50
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.89
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