MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
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 — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Brad Lord wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brad Lord
94.5
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.3%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.0%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.1%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
40.8%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.316
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
Brad Lord
25.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
4.03
Louis Varland
25.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.43
now 1.00
1.31
Louis Varland
.9001.43
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4050.40
now 31
21
Louis Varland
4050.40
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.2003.80
now 3
13
Louis Varland
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brad Lord
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrad Lord — hold.conf 0.60
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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