MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland
COL · P
Change to
Max Scherzer
TOR · 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.

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

Kyle Freeland wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Max Scherzer 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
Kyle Freeland
91.4
Max Scherzer
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
11.4%
Max Scherzer
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
18.6%
Max Scherzer
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
34.3%
Max Scherzer
32.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
42.4%
Max Scherzer
33.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
10.6%
Max Scherzer
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
.346
Max Scherzer
.317
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.06
4.78
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Freeland
1.181.89
now 1.71
1.34
Max Scherzer
1.181.89
now 1.73
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Freeland
4057
now 43
10
Max Scherzer
4057
now 14
8
Winshigher is better
Kyle Freeland
.0001.48
now 1
00
Max Scherzer
.0001.48
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellKyle Freeland — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.60
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