MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · 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 — ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
93.2
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
9.9%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
16.1%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
31.3%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
37.9%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
9.5%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.315
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 Pfaadt
27.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.01
Louis Varland
27.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.9001.56
now 1.41
1.34
Louis Varland
.9001.56
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4050
now 30
28
Louis Varland
4050
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Pfaadt — hold.conf 0.60
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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