MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Blake Treinen
Blake Treinen
LAD · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Blake Treinen wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blake Treinen
94.6
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
12.3%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
25.0%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
35.5%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blake Treinen
42.2%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blake Treinen
12.5%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blake Treinen
.348
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
Blake Treinen
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.06
3.70
Louis Varland
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Blake Treinen
.9401.34
now 1.25
1.24
Louis Varland
.9401.34
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blake Treinen
4052.40
now 18
16
Louis Varland
4052.40
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Blake Treinen
.0002.80
now 1
01
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Blake Treinen
.00011.20
now 1
02
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlake Treinen — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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