MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Cole Sulser
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cole Sulser.

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

Cole Sulser 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
Cole Sulser
92.2
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
13.7%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
23.7%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
35.9%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
38.9%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
12.2%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Sulser
.331
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
Cole Sulser
2.255.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
3.73
Joel Kuhnel
2.255.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Cole Sulser
1.041.68
now 1.54
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
1.041.68
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Sulser
4023.60
now 18
16
Joel Kuhnel
4023.60
now 13
12
Winshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.0001.48
now 1
01
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.0005.40
now 2
13
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.40
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Sulser — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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