MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Petey Halpin
Petey Halpin
CLE · CF
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Portrait of Sal Frelick
Sal Frelick
MIL · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Petey Halpin.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, steals, 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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Petey Halpin
86.6
Sal Frelick
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Petey Halpin
30.2%
Sal Frelick
27.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Petey Halpin
9.4%
Sal Frelick
2.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Petey Halpin
42.7%
Sal Frelick
23.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Petey Halpin
16.5%
Sal Frelick
4.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Petey Halpin
.272
Sal Frelick
.281
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 · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Petey Halpin
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .167
.246
Sal Frelick
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .219
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Petey Halpin
54.20
now 0
3
Sal Frelick
54.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Petey Halpin
2031
now 3
11
Sal Frelick
2031
now 23
19
RBIhigher is better
Petey Halpin
2026.20
now 1
4
Sal Frelick
2026.20
now 19
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Petey Halpin
.0009
now 2
7
Sal Frelick
.0009
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seePetey Halpin — hold.conf 0.50
SellSal Frelick — sell.conf 0.62
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