MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 10, 2026
Portrait of Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole
NYY · P
Change to
Max Fried
NYY · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gerrit Cole.

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

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

Gerrit Cole wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Max Fried wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
96.8
Max Fried
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
8.7%
Max Fried
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
22.7%
Max Fried
20.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
30.3%
Max Fried
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
39.6%
Max Fried
30.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
8.9%
Max Fried
1.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
.289
Max Fried
.253
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
Gerrit Cole
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.44
Max Fried
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.62
WHIPlower is better
Gerrit Cole
.9001.55
now 0.71
1.21
Max Fried
.9001.55
now 1.01
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
4077.80
now 12
59
Max Fried
4077.80
now 50
57
Winshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
.0008
now 1
36
Max Fried
.0008
now 4
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGerrit Cole — buy.conf 0.80
BuyMax Fried — buy.conf 0.92
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