MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
SF · P
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Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Orion Kerkering.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Orion Kerkering wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Joel Kuhnel wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
95.0
Orion Kerkering
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.2%
Orion Kerkering
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
13.5%
Orion Kerkering
23.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.0%
Orion Kerkering
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
40.0%
Orion Kerkering
31.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.4%
Orion Kerkering
6.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
Orion Kerkering
.288
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
2.044.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
Orion Kerkering
2.044.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.44
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
1.031.48
now 1.18
1.25
Orion Kerkering
1.031.48
now 1.13
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4031
now 13
3
Orion Kerkering
4031
now 23
5
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0004.20
now 1
00
Orion Kerkering
.0004.20
now 3
01
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
11
Orion Kerkering
.0005.60
now 1
00
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
BuyOrion Kerkering — buy.conf 0.80
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