MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
SF · P
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Portrait of Tony Santillan
Tony Santillan
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 0–0, 4 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Joel Kuhnel wins 0 (none); Tony Santillan wins 0 (none); 4 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
Tony Santillan
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.5%
Tony Santillan
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
13.6%
Tony Santillan
18.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
28.1%
Tony Santillan
25.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
40.0%
Tony Santillan
45.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
6.7%
Tony Santillan
13.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.365
Tony Santillan
.385
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
3.77
Tony Santillan
2.036.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
1.051.63
now 1.18
1.25
Tony Santillan
1.051.63
now 1.50
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4030.80
now 13
0
Tony Santillan
4030.80
now 22
0
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
0–0
Tony Santillan
.0001.48
now 1
0–0

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

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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