MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 30, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
SF · P
Change to
Matt Svanson
STL · 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 — ERA.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Joel Kuhnel wins 1 categories (ERA); Matt Svanson 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
Matt Svanson
96.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.4%
Matt Svanson
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
13.9%
Matt Svanson
19.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
27.8%
Matt Svanson
25.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Matt Svanson
44.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
6.6%
Matt Svanson
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.362
Matt Svanson
.369
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
5.05
Matt Svanson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.77
5.21
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
.9002.26
now 1.18
1.43
Matt Svanson
.9002.26
now 1.95
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4036.40
now 13
0
Matt Svanson
4036.40
now 26
0
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
0–0
Matt Svanson
.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
Hold · leans sellMatt Svanson — hold.conf 0.60
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