MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 29, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
SF · P
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Finnegan
Kyle Finnegan
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Joel Kuhnel.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
◀
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Joel Kuhnel wins 1 categories (WHIP); Kyle Finnegan wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
95.3
Kyle Finnegan
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.4%
Kyle Finnegan
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
13.9%
Kyle Finnegan
17.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
27.8%
Kyle Finnegan
27.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Kyle Finnegan
44.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
6.6%
Kyle Finnegan
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.362
Kyle Finnegan
.362
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
26.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
5.05
Kyle Finnegan
26.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
5.05
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
1.041.68
now 1.18
1.43
Kyle Finnegan
1.041.68
now 1.54
1.52

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4022.40
now 13
0
Kyle Finnegan
4022.40
now 16
0
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
0–0
Kyle Finnegan
.0001.48
now 1
0–0

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJoel Kuhnel — sell.conf 0.90
SellKyle Finnegan — sell.conf 0.90
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