MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trent Thornton.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Trent Thornton wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); 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
95.2
Trent Thornton
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
11.4%
Trent Thornton
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
15.5%
Trent Thornton
11.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
30.7%
Trent Thornton
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
37.4%
Trent Thornton
46.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
6.1%
Trent Thornton
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.335
Trent Thornton
.373
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
24.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.73
Trent Thornton
24.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
.9001.38
now 1.18
1.24
Trent Thornton
.9001.38
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4028.40
now 13
19
Trent Thornton
4028.40
now 6
22
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0009.40
now 1
12
Trent Thornton
.0009.40
now 2
27
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0009.80
now 4
47
Trent Thornton
.0009.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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