MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Brady Basso
ATH · 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); Brady Basso wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brady Basso
93.1
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brady Basso
13.0%
Louis Varland
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brady Basso
20.9%
Louis Varland
34.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brady Basso
32.4%
Louis Varland
37.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brady Basso
44.0%
Louis Varland
35.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brady Basso
8.0%
Louis Varland
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brady Basso
.309
Louis Varland
.225
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
Brady Basso
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.46
3.70
Louis Varland
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.09
WHIPlower is better
Brady Basso
.9002.55
now 2.77
1.24
Louis Varland
.9002.55
now 1.03
1.10

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brady Basso
4058
now 2
5
Louis Varland
4058
now 42
21
Winshigher is better
Brady Basso
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brady Basso
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowBrady Basso — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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