MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
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Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Vesia.

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

Alex Vesia wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
91.9
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
17.7%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.3%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.0%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
37.0%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
7.4%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.265
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
Alex Vesia
24.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.70
Joel Kuhnel
24.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.38
now 0.93
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
.9001.38
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4035.20
now 28
20
Joel Kuhnel
4035.20
now 13
10
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0001.48
now 1
01
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0005.40
now 2
13
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.40
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Vesia — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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