MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Adam Macko
Adam Macko
TOR · 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); Adam Macko wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adam Macko
94.5
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adam Macko
15.3%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adam Macko
23.2%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adam Macko
30.7%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adam Macko
34.9%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adam Macko
6.3%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adam Macko
.338
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
Adam Macko
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
Adam Macko
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.34
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adam Macko
4056.40
now 6
11
Louis Varland
4056.40
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Adam Macko
.2003.80
now 1
13
Louis Varland
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Adam Macko
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAdam Macko — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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