MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Lodolo
Nick Lodolo
CIN · 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); Nick Lodolo 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
Nick Lodolo
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
11.5%
Nick Lodolo
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
18.3%
Nick Lodolo
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
33.9%
Nick Lodolo
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
44.2%
Nick Lodolo
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
11.2%
Nick Lodolo
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
.368
Nick Lodolo
.374
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
4.068.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.06
5.21
Nick Lodolo
4.068.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.20
5.36
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Freeland
1.191.86
now 1.71
1.34
Nick Lodolo
1.191.86
now 1.37
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Freeland
4079.40
now 43
62
Nick Lodolo
4079.40
now 22
63
Winshigher is better
Kyle Freeland
.0009.40
now 1
12
Nick Lodolo
.0009.40
now 2
37

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

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