MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
NYM · P
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Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

A.J. Minter.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

A.J. Minter wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Joel Kuhnel wins 2 (W, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
A.J. Minter
92.9
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
13.2%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
21.8%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
33.5%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
36.7%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
10.0%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
A.J. Minter
.283
Joel Kuhnel
.355
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
A.J. Minter
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Joel Kuhnel
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
A.J. Minter
.9001.41
now 0.86
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
.9001.41
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
A.J. Minter
4052.60
now 5
39
Joel Kuhnel
4052.60
now 13
13
Winshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0001.48
now 0
00
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0005.60
now 0
0
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
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If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighA.J. Minter — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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