MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Andrew Abbott wins 2 (ERA, W); Kyle Freeland wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.6
Kyle Freeland
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.7%
Kyle Freeland
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
17.6%
Kyle Freeland
19.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
28.2%
Kyle Freeland
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
39.6%
Kyle Freeland
43.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
7.5%
Kyle Freeland
10.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.339
Kyle Freeland
.360
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
Andrew Abbott
2.408.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.59
Kyle Freeland
2.408.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.06
5.07
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.191.86
now 1.44
1.44
Kyle Freeland
1.191.86
now 1.71
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4060.60
now 42
49
Kyle Freeland
4060.60
now 43
55
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.0008
now 4
36
Kyle Freeland
.0008
now 1
12

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAndrew Abbott — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · leans sellKyle Freeland — hold.conf 0.60
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