MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Abner Uribe
Abner Uribe
MIL · 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); Abner Uribe wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Abner Uribe
98.7
Louis Varland
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Abner Uribe
11.8%
Louis Varland
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Abner Uribe
24.5%
Louis Varland
35.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Abner Uribe
29.2%
Louis Varland
35.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Abner Uribe
32.4%
Louis Varland
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Abner Uribe
1.9%
Louis Varland
2.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Abner Uribe
.262
Louis Varland
.221
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
Abner Uribe
25.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.80
3.69
Louis Varland
25.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
3.53
WHIPlower is better
Abner Uribe
.9501.32
now 1.17
1.24
Louis Varland
.9501.32
now 1.03
1.22

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Abner Uribe
4049.60
now 23
23
Louis Varland
4049.60
now 42
26
Winshigher is better
Abner Uribe
.0005.20
now 3
24
Louis Varland
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Abner Uribe
110
now 5
36
Louis Varland
110
now 8
48
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAbner Uribe — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
Hold · wait & seeLouis Varland — hold.conf 0.50
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