MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · 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 — strikeouts and WHIP. Kumar Rocker’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 (K, WHIP); Kumar Rocker 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
Kumar Rocker
94.5
Kyle Freeland
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
12.6%
Kyle Freeland
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
21.2%
Kyle Freeland
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
32.3%
Kyle Freeland
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
40.7%
Kyle Freeland
43.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
7.1%
Kyle Freeland
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
.325
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
Kumar Rocker
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.33
Kyle Freeland
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.06
4.83
WHIPlower is better
Kumar Rocker
1.161.87
now 1.32
1.35
Kyle Freeland
1.161.87
now 1.71
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kumar Rocker
4049.60
now 44
31
Kyle Freeland
4049.60
now 43
34
Winshigher is better
Kumar Rocker
.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
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.66
Hold · leans sellKyle Freeland — hold.conf 0.60
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