MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Braydon Fisher
Braydon Fisher
TOR · 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); Braydon Fisher wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
94.7
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
11.9%
Louis Varland
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
24.3%
Louis Varland
34.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
30.5%
Louis Varland
37.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braydon Fisher
40.6%
Louis Varland
35.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braydon Fisher
12.0%
Louis Varland
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braydon Fisher
.307
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
Braydon Fisher
25.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.48
3.85
Louis Varland
25.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.09
WHIPlower is better
Braydon Fisher
.9001.55
now 0.95
1.38
Louis Varland
.9001.55
now 1.03
1.10

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braydon Fisher
4050.80
now 33
20
Louis Varland
4050.80
now 42
21
Winshigher is better
Braydon Fisher
.5202.48
now 2
12
Louis Varland
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Braydon Fisher
.00011.20
now 1
01
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyBraydon Fisher — hold.conf 0.60
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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