MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 30, 2026
Jose Quintana
COL · P
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Rhett Lowder
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Rhett Lowder.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Rhett Lowder wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Jose Quintana wins 0 (none); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jose Quintana
89.7
Rhett Lowder
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
9.8%
Rhett Lowder
8.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
11.8%
Rhett Lowder
17.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
31.4%
Rhett Lowder
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
34.9%
Rhett Lowder
38.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
9.6%
Rhett Lowder
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jose Quintana
.357
Rhett Lowder
.353
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
4.755.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
5.06
Rhett Lowder
4.755.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.97
WHIPlower is better
Jose Quintana
1.381.58
now 1.51
1.48
Rhett Lowder
1.381.58
now 1.45
1.45

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jose Quintana
4043.40
now 20
0
Rhett Lowder
4043.40
now 31
0
Winshigher is better
Jose Quintana
.0004.20
now 2
0–0
Rhett Lowder
.0004.20
now 3
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJose Quintana — sell.conf 0.90
SellRhett Lowder — sell.conf 0.90
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