MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Portrait of José Fermin
José Fermin
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Fermin.

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

José Fermin wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
José Fermin
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
José Fermin
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
José Fermin
26.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
José Fermin
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
José Fermin
44.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
José Fermin
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
José Fermin
.319
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
Joel Kuhnel
2.106.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
José Fermin
2.106.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
.9801.87
now 1.18
1.25
José Fermin
.9801.87
now 1.67
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4026.60
now 13
13
José Fermin
4026.60
now 18
21
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.20
now 1
11
José Fermin
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
24
José Fermin
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJosé Fermin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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