MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Tony Santillan
Tony Santillan
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tony Santillan.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Tony Santillan wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); 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
95.1
Tony Santillan
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Tony Santillan
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Tony Santillan
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Tony Santillan
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Tony Santillan
46.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
Tony Santillan
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
Tony Santillan
.348
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
2.036.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
Tony Santillan
2.036.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
1.051.63
now 1.18
1.25
Tony Santillan
1.051.63
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4028.60
now 13
13
Tony Santillan
4028.60
now 22
23
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.5201.48
now 1
11
Tony Santillan
.5201.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0006.60
now 4
25
Tony Santillan
.0006.60
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTony Santillan — hold.conf 0.50
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