MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
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Portrait of Louis Varland
Louis Varland
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ben Brown.

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

Ben Brown wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Louis Varland wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ben Brown
96.3
Louis Varland
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Louis Varland
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Louis Varland
35.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Louis Varland
35.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Louis Varland
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Louis Varland
2.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Louis Varland
.221
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
Ben Brown
24.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.22
Louis Varland
24.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
3.53
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.34
now 0.93
1.22
Louis Varland
.9001.34
now 1.03
1.22

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4064.20
now 53
38
Louis Varland
4064.20
now 42
25
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.5202.48
now 2
12
Louis Varland
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.00011.20
now 1
01
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBen Brown — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeLouis Varland — hold.conf 0.50
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