MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Eisert
Brandon Eisert
PIT · 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); Brandon Eisert wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
90.0
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
14.0%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
27.0%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
30.7%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Eisert
38.5%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Eisert
7.7%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Eisert
.299
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
Brandon Eisert
25.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.70
Louis Varland
25.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Eisert
.9001.51
now 1.37
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.51
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Eisert
4054.40
now 11
14
Louis Varland
4054.40
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Brandon Eisert
.5202.48
now 1
12
Louis Varland
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brandon Eisert
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowBrandon Eisert — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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