MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Portrait of Kevin Ginkel
Kevin Ginkel
AZ · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kevin Ginkel.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kevin Ginkel 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
95.1
Kevin Ginkel
95.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Kevin Ginkel
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Kevin Ginkel
21.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Kevin Ginkel
35.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Kevin Ginkel
41.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
Kevin Ginkel
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
Kevin Ginkel
.312
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
2.754.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
Kevin Ginkel
2.754.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.09
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
11.32
now 1.18
1.25
Kevin Ginkel
11.32
now 1.07
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4035.60
now 13
9
Kevin Ginkel
4035.60
now 28
19
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
01
Kevin Ginkel
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
23
Kevin Ginkel
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKevin Ginkel — hold.conf 0.50
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