MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Brenan Hanifee
Brenan Hanifee
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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brenan Hanifee
96.2
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brenan Hanifee
5.6%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brenan Hanifee
9.4%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brenan Hanifee
19.4%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brenan Hanifee
42.9%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brenan Hanifee
7.1%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brenan Hanifee
.367
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
Brenan Hanifee
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
3.70
Louis Varland
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Brenan Hanifee
.9001.52
now 1.38
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.52
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brenan Hanifee
4056.40
now 6
12
Louis Varland
4056.40
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Brenan Hanifee
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brenan Hanifee
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrenan Hanifee — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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