MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Brant Hurter
DET · 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); Brant Hurter wins 1 (W).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brant Hurter
92.1
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brant Hurter
8.9%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brant Hurter
17.8%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brant Hurter
26.8%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brant Hurter
32.9%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brant Hurter
4.3%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brant Hurter
.304
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
Brant Hurter
25.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.71
Louis Varland
25.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Brant Hurter
.9401.35
now 1.07
1.26
Louis Varland
.9401.35
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brant Hurter
4052.40
now 18
16
Louis Varland
4052.40
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Brant Hurter
.0005.20
now 4
24
Louis Varland
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brant Hurter
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
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If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrant Hurter — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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