MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mark Leiter Jr..

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

Mark Leiter Jr. wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Mark Leiter Jr.
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Mark Leiter Jr.
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Mark Leiter Jr.
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
Mark Leiter Jr.
.316
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
2.076.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
Mark Leiter Jr.
2.076.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
1.071.57
now 1.18
1.25
Mark Leiter Jr.
1.071.57
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4030.60
now 13
12
Mark Leiter Jr.
4030.60
now 25
19
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
11
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.6005.40
now 4
24
Mark Leiter Jr.
.6005.40
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMark Leiter Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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