MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Grant Wolfram
Grant Wolfram
BAL · P
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Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grant Wolfram.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Joel Kuhnel’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Grant Wolfram wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); 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
Grant Wolfram
95.4
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
11.8%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
24.5%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
30.3%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
36.5%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
5.2%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
.286
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
Grant Wolfram
2.654.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.70
Joel Kuhnel
2.654.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Grant Wolfram
1.041.67
now 1.53
1.24
Joel Kuhnel
1.041.67
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
4026.60
now 21
18
Joel Kuhnel
4026.60
now 13
9
Winshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
.0001.48
now 1
01
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
.0005.60
now 0
0
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowGrant Wolfram — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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