MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 13, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · 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); Tatsuya Imai 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
Tatsuya Imai
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
11.7%
Tatsuya Imai
13.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
19.7%
Tatsuya Imai
27.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Freeland
34.0%
Tatsuya Imai
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
43.7%
Tatsuya Imai
45.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
11.0%
Tatsuya Imai
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Freeland
.359
Tatsuya Imai
.345
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
3.388.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.06
5.04
Tatsuya Imai
3.388.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.72
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Freeland
1.181.86
now 1.71
1.33
Tatsuya Imai
1.181.86
now 1.36
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Freeland
4057.40
now 43
49
Tatsuya Imai
4057.40
now 28
44
Winshigher is better
Kyle Freeland
.0006.60
now 1
12
Tatsuya Imai
.0006.60
now 2
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellKyle Freeland — hold.conf 0.60
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.84
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