MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Albert Suárez
BAL · 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); Albert Suárez wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Albert Suárez
93.6
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
11.7%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
17.1%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
26.6%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
39.2%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
9.2%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Albert Suárez
.324
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
Albert Suárez
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
3.70
Louis Varland
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Albert Suárez
.9501.32
now 1.21
1.24
Louis Varland
.9501.32
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Albert Suárez
4054.80
now 10
13
Louis Varland
4054.80
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.0005.20
now 2
14
Louis Varland
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.00010.80
now 1
12
Louis Varland
.00010.80
now 8
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If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAlbert Suárez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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