MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
David Morgan
SD · P
Change to
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

David Morgan.

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

David Morgan wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
David Morgan
97.4
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
David Morgan
16.1%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
David Morgan
24.8%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
David Morgan
36.3%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
David Morgan
27.0%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
David Morgan
1.6%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
David Morgan
.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
David Morgan
2.146.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.28
3.70
Joel Kuhnel
2.146.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
David Morgan
.9002.17
now 1.89
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
.9002.17
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
David Morgan
4022.60
now 17
17
Joel Kuhnel
4022.60
now 13
10
Winshigher is better
David Morgan
.0004.20
now 2
13
Joel Kuhnel
.0004.20
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
David Morgan
.0005.60
now 0
0
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowDavid Morgan — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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