MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Andrew Alvarez wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
92.4
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.1%
Louis Varland
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
22.8%
Louis Varland
32.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.4%
Louis Varland
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.6%
Louis Varland
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.0%
Louis Varland
2.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.328
Louis Varland
.231
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
25.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.25
Louis Varland
25.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.20
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
.9001.56
now 1.28
1.41
Louis Varland
.9001.56
now 1.03
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4052
now 17
27
Louis Varland
4052
now 42
20
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.5202.48
now 1
12
Louis Varland
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.00010.80
now 1
13
Louis Varland
.00010.80
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.69
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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