MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland
COL · P
Change to
Rhett Lowder
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 (K, WHIP); Rhett Lowder wins 2 (ERA, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
91.5
Rhett Lowder
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
11.4%
Rhett Lowder
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
18.8%
Rhett Lowder
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
34.0%
Rhett Lowder
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
43.7%
Rhett Lowder
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
11.4%
Rhett Lowder
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
.360
Rhett Lowder
.350
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
3.588.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.06
5.09
Rhett Lowder
3.588.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.86
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Freeland
1.191.86
now 1.71
1.34
Rhett Lowder
1.191.86
now 1.45
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Freeland
4048.60
now 43
36
Rhett Lowder
4048.60
now 31
29
Winshigher is better
Kyle Freeland
.0005.20
now 1
11
Rhett Lowder
.0005.20
now 3
24

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

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