MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
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Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Vesia.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Alex Vesia wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Gus Varland wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
91.9
Gus Varland
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
17.5%
Gus Varland
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.6%
Gus Varland
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.6%
Gus Varland
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
36.0%
Gus Varland
50.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
5.3%
Gus Varland
15.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.257
Gus Varland
.387
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 Vesia
24.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.70
Gus Varland
24.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.80
now 0.93
1.24
Gus Varland
.9001.80
now 1.55
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4033.60
now 28
22
Gus Varland
4033.60
now 20
16
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0001.48
now 1
01
Gus Varland
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0005.40
now 2
13
Gus Varland
.0005.40
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Vesia — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
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