MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Caleb Kilian
Caleb Kilian
PHI · P
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Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Caleb Kilian.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Caleb Kilian wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
96.8
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
14.0%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
27.5%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
32.0%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
35.6%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
7.6%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
.284
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
Caleb Kilian
2.734.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.81
3.68
Joel Kuhnel
2.734.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Caleb Kilian
1.081.32
now 1.15
1.25
Joel Kuhnel
1.081.32
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
4036.60
now 29
15
Joel Kuhnel
4036.60
now 13
10
Winshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
.0002.80
now 2
12
Joel Kuhnel
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
.0005.40
now 3
12
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.40
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCaleb Kilian — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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