MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Blas Castaño
Blas Castaño
COL · 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); Blas Castaño wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blas Castaño
94.5
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
9.0%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
20.0%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
28.1%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
50.0%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
10.0%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blas Castaño
.367
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
Blas Castaño
26.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
3.70
Louis Varland
26.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Blas Castaño
.9001.62
now 1.45
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.62
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blas Castaño
4054.80
now 10
21
Louis Varland
4054.80
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlas Castaño — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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