MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Jake Irvin
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Freeland.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Jake Irvin’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jake Irvin
92.9
Kyle Freeland
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
11.6%
Kyle Freeland
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
23.8%
Kyle Freeland
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
24.6%
Kyle Freeland
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jake Irvin
45.9%
Kyle Freeland
43.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jake Irvin
13.2%
Kyle Freeland
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jake Irvin
.358
Kyle Freeland
.349
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
Jake Irvin
3.558.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
5.05
Kyle Freeland
3.558.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.06
4.84
WHIPlower is better
Jake Irvin
1.181.86
now 1.35
1.34
Kyle Freeland
1.181.86
now 1.71
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jake Irvin
4068
now 58
39
Kyle Freeland
4068
now 43
33
Winshigher is better
Jake Irvin
.5202.48
now 2
12
Kyle Freeland
.5202.48
now 1
11

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

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