MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Brooks Raley
Brooks Raley
NYM · 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); Brooks Raley wins 0 (none); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brooks Raley
90.1
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
10.8%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
24.1%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
30.6%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
30.5%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
4.8%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brooks Raley
.290
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
Brooks Raley
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.61
3.70
Louis Varland
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Brooks Raley
.9401.34
now 1.25
1.24
Louis Varland
.9401.34
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brooks Raley
4050.40
now 26
21
Louis Varland
4050.40
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.0002.80
now 1
01
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrooks Raley — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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