MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
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Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Fernando Cruz.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
93.1
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.3%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.1%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.4%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
24.4%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
8.4%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.278
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
Fernando Cruz
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.18
Joel Kuhnel
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
1.101.47
now 1.30
1.39
Joel Kuhnel
1.101.47
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4038.40
now 30
19
Joel Kuhnel
4038.40
now 13
9
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0004.20
now 3
13
Joel Kuhnel
.0004.20
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0005.60
now 0
0
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyFernando Cruz — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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