MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
NYM · P
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Portrait of Louis Varland
Louis Varland
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Louis Varland.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 4 categories (ERA, WHIP, W, SV); A.J. Minter wins 1 (K).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
A.J. Minter
93.0
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
12.5%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
20.5%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
32.2%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
35.3%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
11.8%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
A.J. Minter
.299
Louis Varland
.217
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
A.J. Minter
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Louis Varland
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
A.J. Minter
.9001.39
now 0.86
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.39
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
A.J. Minter
4056.80
now 5
36
Louis Varland
4056.80
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighA.J. Minter — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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