MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Travis Adams
MIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Travis Adams.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Travis Adams wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
95.2
Travis Adams
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
11.1%
Travis Adams
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
14.6%
Travis Adams
31.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
30.6%
Travis Adams
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
40.0%
Travis Adams
30.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
6.4%
Travis Adams
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.345
Travis Adams
.314
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.74
Travis Adams
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.18
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
1.031.70
now 1.18
1.25
Travis Adams
1.031.70
now 1.55
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4030.60
now 13
18
Travis Adams
4030.60
now 13
25
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.20
now 1
12
Travis Adams
.0005.20
now 1
14
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0008
now 4
36
Travis Adams
.0008
now 1
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowTravis Adams — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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