MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Albert Suárez
BAL · P
Change to
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Albert Suárez.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Albert Suárez wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Albert Suárez
93.6
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
11.7%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
17.4%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
26.4%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
38.7%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
8.8%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Albert Suárez
.325
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
Albert Suárez
2.154.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
3.70
Joel Kuhnel
2.154.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Albert Suárez
1.111.32
now 1.21
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
1.111.32
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Albert Suárez
4018.60
now 10
12
Joel Kuhnel
4018.60
now 13
11
Winshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.0005.60
now 2
14
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.0005.60
now 1
02
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
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If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAlbert Suárez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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