MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 20, 2026
Portrait of Eric Orze
Eric Orze
MIN · P
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Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Eric Orze.

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

Eric Orze wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Joel Kuhnel wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eric Orze
92.6
Joel Kuhnel
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Orze
10.0%
Joel Kuhnel
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Orze
19.9%
Joel Kuhnel
15.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Orze
30.0%
Joel Kuhnel
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Orze
26.9%
Joel Kuhnel
37.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Orze
5.6%
Joel Kuhnel
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Orze
.292
Joel Kuhnel
.335
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
Eric Orze
2.684.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.95
3.68
Joel Kuhnel
2.684.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Eric Orze
1.101.47
now 1.39
1.26
Joel Kuhnel
1.101.47
now 1.18
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Orze
4041
now 25
33
Joel Kuhnel
4041
now 13
19
Winshigher is better
Eric Orze
.0005.20
now 2
14
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.20
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Eric Orze
.0009.40
now 1
12
Joel Kuhnel
.0009.40
now 4
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowEric Orze — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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