MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Ryne Stanek
Ryne Stanek
STL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryne Stanek.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Joel Kuhnel’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryne Stanek wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Ryne Stanek
98.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Ryne Stanek
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Ryne Stanek
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Ryne Stanek
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Ryne Stanek
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
Ryne Stanek
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
Ryne Stanek
.310
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
2.036.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
Ryne Stanek
2.036.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
.9501.99
now 1.18
1.25
Ryne Stanek
.9501.99
now 1.76
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4037.20
now 13
12
Ryne Stanek
4037.20
now 30
24
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
11
Ryne Stanek
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
24
Ryne Stanek
.0005.60
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyne Stanek — hold.conf 0.50
Tweet