MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Garrett Cleavinger
Garrett Cleavinger
TB · P
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Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Garrett Cleavinger.

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

Garrett Cleavinger wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
96.8
Joel Kuhnel
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
13.2%
Joel Kuhnel
11.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
32.5%
Joel Kuhnel
16.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
36.6%
Joel Kuhnel
31.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
46.3%
Joel Kuhnel
36.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
7.3%
Joel Kuhnel
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
.286
Joel Kuhnel
.329
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
Garrett Cleavinger
2.764.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
3.70
Joel Kuhnel
2.764.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Garrett Cleavinger
1.071.57
now 1.46
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
1.071.57
now 1.18
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
4043.80
now 17
35
Joel Kuhnel
4043.80
now 13
19
Winshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
.2003.80
now 1
13
Joel Kuhnel
.2003.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
.0009.40
now 1
14
Joel Kuhnel
.0009.40
now 4
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If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowGarrett Cleavinger — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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