MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Garrett Whitlock
BOS · 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 Whitlock.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Garrett Whitlock 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
Garrett Whitlock
94.9
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
16.2%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
27.6%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
41.2%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
34.9%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
3.8%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
.260
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
Garrett Whitlock
2.754.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.05
3.69
Joel Kuhnel
2.754.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Garrett Whitlock
1.041.32
now 1.11
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
1.041.32
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
4032.40
now 26
18
Joel Kuhnel
4032.40
now 13
10
Winshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
.0004.20
now 3
13
Joel Kuhnel
.0004.20
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
.0005.60
now 0
0
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGarrett Whitlock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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