MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Will Klein
Will Klein
LAD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Will Klein.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Will Klein wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); 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
Will Klein
97.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Will Klein
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Will Klein
26.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Will Klein
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Will Klein
37.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
Will Klein
3.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
Will Klein
.279
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
24.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
Will Klein
24.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.88
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
.9601.33
now 1.18
1.25
Will Klein
.9601.33
now 1.04
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4030.60
now 13
13
Will Klein
4030.60
now 25
22
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.5201.48
now 1
11
Will Klein
.5201.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0007
now 4
25
Will Klein
.0007
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeWill Klein — hold.conf 0.50
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