MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Bradgley Rodriguez
Bradgley Rodriguez
SD · 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); Bradgley Rodriguez wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
98.1
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
14.8%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
24.3%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
32.5%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
32.0%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
2.4%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.237
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
Bradgley Rodriguez
24.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.63
3.60
Louis Varland
24.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.9501.32
now 1.05
1.24
Louis Varland
.9501.32
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
4051.60
now 26
18
Louis Varland
4051.60
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBradgley Rodriguez — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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