MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Nardi
Andrew Nardi
MIA · P
Change to
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Andrew Nardi.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
94.6
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
14.6%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
27.3%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
29.5%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
45.0%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
13.3%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
.348
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
Andrew Nardi
2.196.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.16
3.74
Joel Kuhnel
2.196.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Nardi
1.091.50
now 1.41
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
1.091.50
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Nardi
4033.80
now 27
19
Joel Kuhnel
4033.80
now 13
10
Winshigher is better
Andrew Nardi
.0004.20
now 3
13
Joel Kuhnel
.0004.20
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Nardi
.0005.60
now 0
0
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAndrew Nardi — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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