MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Taylor Rogers
Taylor Rogers
MIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Rogers.

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

Taylor Rogers wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Taylor Rogers
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Taylor Rogers
7.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Taylor Rogers
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Taylor Rogers
25.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Taylor Rogers
26.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
Taylor Rogers
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
Taylor Rogers
.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
2.604.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
Taylor Rogers
2.604.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.15
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
1.021.73
now 1.18
1.25
Taylor Rogers
1.021.73
now 1.57
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4022.60
now 13
9
Taylor Rogers
4022.60
now 17
14
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
01
Taylor Rogers
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.40
now 4
23
Taylor Rogers
.0005.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowTaylor Rogers — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.86
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