MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Jose Quintana
COL · P
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Zac Thornton
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Zac Thornton.

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

Zac Thornton 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
Zac Thornton
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Zac Thornton
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Zac Thornton
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Zac Thornton
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Zac Thornton
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
8.4%
Zac Thornton
10.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jose Quintana
.343
Zac Thornton
.337
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
3.635.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.28
Zac Thornton
3.635.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Jose Quintana
1.021.65
now 1.51
1.36
Zac Thornton
1.021.65
now 1.16
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jose Quintana
4040.80
now 20
24
Zac Thornton
4040.80
now 10
32
Winshigher is better
Jose Quintana
.0002.80
now 2
12
Zac Thornton
.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
Sell HighZac Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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