MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Matt Vierling
Matt Vierling
DET · CF
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Portrait of Sal Frelick
Sal Frelick
MIL · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Vierling.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, and average. Sal Frelick’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Matt Vierling wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Sal Frelick wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Matt Vierling
87.7
Sal Frelick
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Matt Vierling
36.8%
Sal Frelick
27.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Matt Vierling
5.2%
Sal Frelick
2.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Matt Vierling
32.4%
Sal Frelick
23.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Matt Vierling
8.7%
Sal Frelick
4.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Matt Vierling
.303
Sal Frelick
.281
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 · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Matt Vierling
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .211
.231
Sal Frelick
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .219
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Matt Vierling
55.20
now 4
2
Sal Frelick
55.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Matt Vierling
2027
now 14
13
Sal Frelick
2027
now 23
19
RBIhigher is better
Matt Vierling
2024.20
now 21
19
Sal Frelick
2024.20
now 19
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Matt Vierling
.8005.20
now 2
2
Sal Frelick
.8005.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellMatt Vierling — hold.conf 0.60
SellSal Frelick — sell.conf 0.62
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