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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Lange
95.9
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
12.4%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
22.9%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Lange
29.4%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
41.9%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
12.0%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Lange
.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
Alex Lange
26.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.77
Louis Varland
26.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Alex Lange
.9001.48
now 1.35
1.26
Louis Varland
.9001.48
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Lange
4050.80
now 26
20
Louis Varland
4050.80
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Alex Lange
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Alex Lange
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Lange — hold.conf 0.55
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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