MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Kyle Freeland wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Matthew Liberatore wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
91.4
Matthew Liberatore
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
11.3%
Matthew Liberatore
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
18.7%
Matthew Liberatore
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
32.7%
Matthew Liberatore
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
44.1%
Matthew Liberatore
45.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
9.3%
Matthew Liberatore
10.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
.362
Matthew Liberatore
.367
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
Kyle Freeland
2.878.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.06
5.07
Matthew Liberatore
2.878.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
5.20
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Freeland
1.181.86
now 1.71
1.33
Matthew Liberatore
1.181.86
now 1.50
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Freeland
4086.40
now 43
67
Matthew Liberatore
4086.40
now 57
74
Winshigher is better
Kyle Freeland
.0008
now 1
12
Matthew Liberatore
.0008
now 3
36

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

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