MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Sproat
Brandon Sproat
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Sproat.

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

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

Brandon Sproat wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Kyle Freeland wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
96.7
Kyle Freeland
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
11.5%
Kyle Freeland
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
24.1%
Kyle Freeland
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
25.6%
Kyle Freeland
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
43.2%
Kyle Freeland
43.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
8.9%
Kyle Freeland
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
.338
Kyle Freeland
.349
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
Brandon Sproat
3.208.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.24
4.59
Kyle Freeland
3.208.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.06
4.83
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Sproat
1.181.86
now 1.53
1.40
Kyle Freeland
1.181.86
now 1.71
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
4059.20
now 52
40
Kyle Freeland
4059.20
now 43
34
Winshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
.5201.48
now 1
11
Kyle Freeland
.5201.48
now 1
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrandon Sproat — sell.conf 0.78
Hold · leans sellKyle Freeland — hold.conf 0.60
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