MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Lynch IV
Daniel Lynch IV
KC · P
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Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Daniel Lynch IV.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Daniel Lynch IV 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
Daniel Lynch IV
94.9
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
13.6%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
20.5%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
30.8%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
35.1%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
6.1%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
.285
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
Daniel Lynch IV
24.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.69
Joel Kuhnel
24.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.9001.35
now 0.99
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
.9001.35
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
4032.60
now 27
23
Joel Kuhnel
4032.60
now 13
13
Winshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.0001.48
now 1
01
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.0007
now 1
02
Joel Kuhnel
.0007
now 4
25
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighDaniel Lynch IV — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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