MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Jose Quintana
COL · P
Change to
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Patrick Sandoval.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Patrick Sandoval wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Jose Quintana wins 1 (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
Patrick Sandoval
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Patrick Sandoval
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Patrick Sandoval
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Patrick Sandoval
28.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Patrick Sandoval
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
8.4%
Patrick Sandoval
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jose Quintana
.343
Patrick Sandoval
.325
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
26.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.28
Patrick Sandoval
26.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Jose Quintana
1.221.59
now 1.51
1.36
Patrick Sandoval
1.221.59
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jose Quintana
4042.80
now 20
24
Patrick Sandoval
4042.80
now 5
32
Winshigher is better
Jose Quintana
.0002.80
now 2
12
Patrick Sandoval
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJose Quintana — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePatrick Sandoval — hold.conf 0.50
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