MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Max Fried
NYY · P
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Portrait of Max Meyer
Max Meyer
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Max Meyer.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and wins.

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

Max Meyer wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Max Fried wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Max Fried
94.7
Max Meyer
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
10.4%
Max Meyer
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
20.8%
Max Meyer
26.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Max Fried
29.5%
Max Meyer
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
30.8%
Max Meyer
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
1.8%
Max Meyer
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Max Fried
.253
Max Meyer
.298
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
Max Fried
2.174.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.58
Max Meyer
2.174.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.97
3.61
WHIPlower is better
Max Fried
.9001.43
now 1.01
1.31
Max Meyer
.9001.43
now 1.10
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Max Fried
4097.60
now 50
68
Max Meyer
4097.60
now 74
84
Winshigher is better
Max Fried
110
now 4
37
Max Meyer
110
now 5
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyMax Fried — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighMax Meyer — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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