MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Matt Strahm
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Strahm.

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

Matt Strahm wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); 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
95.2
Matt Strahm
91.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
11.4%
Matt Strahm
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
15.5%
Matt Strahm
17.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
30.7%
Matt Strahm
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
37.4%
Matt Strahm
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
6.1%
Matt Strahm
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.335
Matt Strahm
.317
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
2.714.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.73
Matt Strahm
2.714.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
1.111.36
now 1.18
1.24
Matt Strahm
1.111.36
now 1.29
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4050.80
now 13
18
Matt Strahm
4050.80
now 17
40
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.2003.80
now 1
12
Matt Strahm
.2003.80
now 1
13
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0009.80
now 4
47
Matt Strahm
.0009.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMatt Strahm — hold.conf 0.50
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