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

Nathan Eovaldi.

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

Nathan Eovaldi 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
Nathan Eovaldi
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
10.4%
Nathan Eovaldi
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
20.8%
Nathan Eovaldi
24.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Max Fried
29.5%
Nathan Eovaldi
36.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
30.8%
Nathan Eovaldi
38.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
1.8%
Nathan Eovaldi
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Max Fried
.253
Nathan Eovaldi
.312
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
2.024.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.58
Nathan Eovaldi
2.024.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.93
3.99
WHIPlower is better
Max Fried
.9001.43
now 1.01
1.31
Nathan Eovaldi
.9001.43
now 1.11
1.19

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Max Fried
4086.40
now 50
68
Nathan Eovaldi
4086.40
now 67
76
Winshigher is better
Max Fried
110
now 4
37
Nathan Eovaldi
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
Hold · steadyNathan Eovaldi — hold.conf 0.60
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