MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Kittredge
Andrew Kittredge
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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
94.4
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
12.7%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
20.4%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
40.3%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
40.4%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
7.1%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
.306
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
Andrew Kittredge
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.59
3.70
Louis Varland
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Kittredge
.9001.95
now 1.69
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.95
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Kittredge
4054
now 12
18
Louis Varland
4054
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Andrew Kittredge
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Kittredge
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAndrew Kittredge — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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