MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Blake Treinen
Blake Treinen
LAD · P
Change to
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Blake Treinen.

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

Blake Treinen 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
Blake Treinen
94.6
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
12.3%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
25.0%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
35.5%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blake Treinen
42.2%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blake Treinen
12.5%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blake Treinen
.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
Blake Treinen
2.754.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.06
3.70
Joel Kuhnel
2.754.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Blake Treinen
1.111.32
now 1.25
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
1.111.32
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blake Treinen
4023.60
now 18
13
Joel Kuhnel
4023.60
now 13
9
Winshigher is better
Blake Treinen
.0001.48
now 1
01
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Blake Treinen
.0005.60
now 1
01
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlake Treinen — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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