MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Brent Suter
Brent Suter
LAA · 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); Brent Suter wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Suter
87.4
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Suter
10.5%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Suter
21.5%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Suter
29.5%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Suter
31.1%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Suter
6.8%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Suter
.322
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
Brent Suter
25.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
4.15
Louis Varland
25.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Brent Suter
.9301.37
now 1.27
1.27
Louis Varland
.9301.37
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Suter
4052
now 28
17
Louis Varland
4052
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Brent Suter
.0002.80
now 1
01
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brent Suter
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrent Suter — hold.conf 0.60
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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