MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Chris Martin
Chris Martin
TEX · P
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Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chris Martin.

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

Chris Martin 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
Chris Martin
94.5
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
8.5%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
13.6%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Martin
32.2%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
44.4%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
11.1%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Martin
.408
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
Chris Martin
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.84
3.70
Joel Kuhnel
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Chris Martin
.9002.24
now 1.94
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
.9002.24
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Martin
4023.60
now 7
18
Joel Kuhnel
4023.60
now 13
12
Winshigher is better
Chris Martin
.5202.48
now 1
12
Joel Kuhnel
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Chris Martin
.0005.60
now 0
0
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Martin — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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