MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Alex Hoppe
Alex Hoppe
SEA · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Alex Hoppe wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
97.7
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
13.6%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
25.7%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
28.3%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
43.1%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
2.8%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
.307
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
Alex Hoppe
28.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.84
3.70
Louis Varland
28.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Alex Hoppe
.9001.74
now 1.54
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.74
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
4054
now 12
16
Louis Varland
4054
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAlex Hoppe — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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