MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Jose Quintana
COL · P
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Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yusei Kikuchi.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Jose Quintana’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Yusei Kikuchi 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
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
8.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jose Quintana
.343
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.27
Yusei Kikuchi
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Jose Quintana
1.201.69
now 1.51
1.36
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jose Quintana
4066.20
now 20
37
Yusei Kikuchi
4066.20
now 33
53
Winshigher is better
Jose Quintana
.0005.60
now 2
24
Yusei Kikuchi
.0005.60
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 & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55
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