MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Aaron Bummer
KC · 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 — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Aaron Bummer wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Bummer
90.5
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Bummer
9.8%
Louis Varland
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Bummer
15.5%
Louis Varland
32.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Bummer
27.7%
Louis Varland
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Bummer
51.7%
Louis Varland
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Bummer
13.3%
Louis Varland
2.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Bummer
.373
Louis Varland
.231
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
Aaron Bummer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.82
3.70
Louis Varland
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.20
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Bummer
.9002.33
now 1.96
1.24
Louis Varland
.9002.33
now 1.03
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Bummer
4053.60
now 13
16
Louis Varland
4053.60
now 42
20
Winshigher is better
Aaron Bummer
.0002.80
now 1
01
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Aaron Bummer
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAaron Bummer — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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