MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
SF · P
Change to
Julian Garcia
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Julian Garcia.

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

Julian Garcia wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
95.0
Julian Garcia
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.2%
Julian Garcia
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
13.5%
Julian Garcia
24.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.0%
Julian Garcia
30.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
40.0%
Julian Garcia
32.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.4%
Julian Garcia
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
Julian Garcia
.262
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
Julian Garcia
2.106.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
1.111.32
now 1.18
1.25
Julian Garcia
1.111.32
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4018.60
now 13
3
Julian Garcia
4018.60
now 3
9
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
00
Julian Garcia
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
11
Julian Garcia
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJulian Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
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