MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Brock Burke
Brock Burke
CIN · 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); Brock Burke wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brock Burke
96.2
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
12.9%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
20.0%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brock Burke
28.7%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
30.5%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
7.8%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brock Burke
.320
Louis Varland
.217
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Brock Burke
25.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.62
4.11
Louis Varland
25.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Brock Burke
.9001.65
now 1.39
1.47
Louis Varland
.9001.65
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brock Burke
4051.20
now 27
19
Louis Varland
4051.20
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Brock Burke
.0002.80
now 1
01
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brock Burke
.00011.20
now 1
01
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrock Burke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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