MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Max Fried
NYY · P
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Portrait of Payton Tolle
Payton Tolle
BOS · P
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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

Max Fried wins 2 (ERA, W); Payton Tolle wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Max Fried
94.7
Payton Tolle
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
10.4%
Payton Tolle
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
20.8%
Payton Tolle
24.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Max Fried
29.5%
Payton Tolle
34.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
30.8%
Payton Tolle
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
1.8%
Payton Tolle
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Max Fried
.253
Payton Tolle
.268
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
Max Fried
2.333.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.58
Payton Tolle
2.333.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
2.90
WHIPlower is better
Max Fried
.9001.47
now 1.01
1.31
Payton Tolle
.9001.47
now 0.90
1.22

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Max Fried
4099.20
now 50
67
Payton Tolle
4099.20
now 46
84
Winshigher is better
Max Fried
.0009
now 4
37
Payton Tolle
.0009
now 2
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyMax Fried — buy.conf 0.92
BuyPayton Tolle — buy.conf 0.92
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