MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Brandyn Garcia
Brandyn Garcia
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 — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Brandyn Garcia wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
97.2
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
11.3%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
30.5%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
28.9%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
32.8%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
3.1%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
.212
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
Brandyn Garcia
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.75
3.70
Louis Varland
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Brandyn Garcia
.9001.40
now 0.83
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.40
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
4054.40
now 11
13
Louis Varland
4054.40
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrandyn Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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