Kyle Freeland
30-Year-Old
2023 Stats
W-L
6-14
ERA
5.03
WHIP
1.47
K
94
SV
0
2024 Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
The left-hander struggled to a 5.03 ERA in 29 starts before suffering an oblique strain in mid-September, which ended his season a couple weeks early. Freeland delivered a 2.85 ERA across 202.1 innings in 2018, but that effort is a clear anomaly as he has a 4.96 ERA in the five seasons since. His strikeout rate last season dipped to a career-low 13.9 percent, which went along with a career worst in his average fastball velocity (88.8 mph). Freeland was never a flamethrower, but the velocity drop puts even more pressure on his less-than-reliable command. Even if his fastball gets back into the lower 90s, the 4.33 ERA he had in 2020 and 2021 is likely the best fantasy managers can hope for, especially with hitter-friendly Coors Field still in the mix to bloat his numbers. Combined with the low strikeout numbers, the upside here is limited, at best. Read Past Outlooks
Bump in velo
Freeland has increased the velocity on all of his pitches this spring, Manny Randhawa of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Freeland made his second start of the spring Tuesday and allowed only one earned run across three innings while striking out five. More importantly, he averaged 92.6 mph with his fastball, nearly three ticks higher than his average mark in 2023. Freeland has been able to throw all of his pitches with more velocity, and he credits strengthening his shoulder during the offseason as well as working on his pitch grips for the improved performance.
Freeland made his second start of the spring Tuesday and allowed only one earned run across three innings while striking out five. More importantly, he averaged 92.6 mph with his fastball, nearly three ticks higher than his average mark in 2023. Freeland has been able to throw all of his pitches with more velocity, and he credits strengthening his shoulder during the offseason as well as working on his pitch grips for the improved performance.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
83
Last 10 Games
81
Last 5 Games
76
How many pitches does Kyle Freeland generally throw?
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What part of the game does Kyle Freeland generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-2%
BAA vs RHP
2023
-17%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .293 | 82 | 28 | 122 | 14 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .287 | 248 | 105 | 391 | 54 | |||
2023vs Left | .257 | 27 | 8 | 35 | 3 | |||
2023vs Right | .311 | 67 | 34 | 152 | 26 | |||
2022vs Left | .315 | 32 | 11 | 47 | 7 | |||
2022vs Right | .271 | 99 | 42 | 146 | 12 | |||
2021vs Left | .303 | 23 | 9 | 40 | 4 | |||
2021vs Right | .276 | 82 | 29 | 93 | 16 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-25%
ERA on Road
2023
-4%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 5.31 | 1.50 | 228.2 | 7.0 | 2.5 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 3.97 | 1.37 | 222.1 | 6.1 | 2.8 | ||||
2023Home | 4.94 | 1.49 | 82.0 | 7.4 | 2.4 | ||||
2023Away | 5.13 | 1.45 | 73.2 | 3.3 | 2.4 | ||||
2022Home | 6.00 | 1.52 | 87.0 | 6.1 | 2.6 | ||||
2022Away | 3.08 | 1.30 | 87.2 | 7.4 | 2.9 | ||||
2021Home | 4.83 | 1.47 | 59.2 | 8.0 | 2.6 | ||||
2021Away | 3.84 | 1.36 | 61.0 | 7.7 | 3.1 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Kyle Freeland compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.24K/9
5.4BB/9
2.4HR/9
1.7Fastball
88.8 mphERA
5.03WHIP
1.47BABIP
.314GB/FB
1.18Left On Base
70.6%Exit Velocity
83.6 mphBarrels/BBE
6.3%Spin Rate
2227 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
29.4%Swinging Strike
8.1%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Writing a player capsule for a Rockies pitcher could easily become a MadLib template. (Insert pitcher) struggles at home but does better away from the toils of pitching at Coors as (same pitcher) has immensely better results on the road. Stream (same pitcher) on the road when the matchup is right while benching him whenever possible at Coors unless he is facing Oakland or Pittsburgh. That about sums up Freeland, but throw in the unusual issue the lefty has against fellow lefties and you get a giant mess who somehow won nine games last season around a 4.53 ERA. He pitched a full run better by ERA after the break going 5-4, but the WHIP and low strikeouts make him just about impossible to roster in most draft formats. 2018 was fun when it happened, but it will not happen again. The mid-4's ERA was fine last decade, but in this new run environment, 4.5 is the new 5.00. Avoid.
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Strong spring debut
Freeland (oblique) threw two perfect innings with one strikeout in Friday's Cactus League victory over Seattle.
ANALYSIS
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Officially moves to injured list
Freeland (oblique) was placed on the 15-day injured list Sunday.
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Likely done for season
Freeland injured his oblique during Saturday's start in Game 2 of a doubleheader against San Francisco and is unlikely to pitch again in 2023, per MLB.com.
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Posts quality start Monday
Freeland allowed three runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out two batters over six innings in a no-decision versus the Cubs on Monday.
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Bounces back with quality start
Freeland (6-14) allowed two runs on six hits and three walks while striking out two over six innings to earn the win Tuesday over the Diamondbacks.
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