MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
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Portrait of Wilber Dotel
Wilber Dotel
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Wilber Dotel.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Wilber Dotel
98.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Wilber Dotel
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Wilber Dotel
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Wilber Dotel
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Wilber Dotel
52.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
Wilber Dotel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
Wilber Dotel
.322
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
24.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
Wilber Dotel
24.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
.9001.46
now 1.18
1.25
Wilber Dotel
.9001.46
now 0.73
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4035.40
now 13
14
Wilber Dotel
4035.40
now 14
29
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.2003.80
now 1
11
Wilber Dotel
.2003.80
now 1
13
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0007
now 4
35
Wilber Dotel
.0007
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeWilber Dotel — hold.conf 0.50
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