MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 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 — ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Trent Thornton wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, 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
95.1
Trent Thornton
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Trent Thornton
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Trent Thornton
12.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Trent Thornton
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Trent Thornton
45.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
Trent Thornton
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
Trent Thornton
.337
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
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
Trent Thornton
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
.9001.40
now 1.18
1.25
Trent Thornton
.9001.40
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4018.60
now 13
9
Trent Thornton
4018.60
now 6
9
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0004.20
now 1
01
Trent Thornton
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
23
Trent Thornton
.0005.60
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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