MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 13, 2026
Portrait of David Peterson
David Peterson
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

David Peterson.

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

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

David Peterson wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Kyle Freeland wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
David Peterson
92.2
Kyle Freeland
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
David Peterson
9.9%
Kyle Freeland
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
David Peterson
18.3%
Kyle Freeland
19.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
David Peterson
29.4%
Kyle Freeland
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
David Peterson
43.0%
Kyle Freeland
43.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
David Peterson
6.6%
Kyle Freeland
11.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
David Peterson
.352
Kyle Freeland
.359
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
David Peterson
3.618.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.18
4.88
Kyle Freeland
3.618.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.06
5.04
WHIPlower is better
David Peterson
1.181.86
now 1.59
1.47
Kyle Freeland
1.181.86
now 1.71
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
David Peterson
4071
now 56
63
Kyle Freeland
4071
now 43
49
Winshigher is better
David Peterson
.0005.20
now 3
24
Kyle Freeland
.0005.20
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellDavid Peterson — sell.conf 0.90
Hold · leans sellKyle Freeland — hold.conf 0.60
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