MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Bryan Hudson
Bryan Hudson
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bryan Hudson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Bryan Hudson wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Gus Varland wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
92.0
Gus Varland
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
11.4%
Gus Varland
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
22.9%
Gus Varland
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
24.1%
Gus Varland
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
36.5%
Gus Varland
50.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
4.0%
Gus Varland
15.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
.283
Gus Varland
.387
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
Bryan Hudson
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.26
3.67
Gus Varland
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Bryan Hudson
.9901.71
now 1.15
1.25
Gus Varland
.9901.71
now 1.55
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
4033.60
now 28
19
Gus Varland
4033.60
now 20
16
Winshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
.2003.80
now 3
13
Gus Varland
.2003.80
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
.0005.40
now 2
12
Gus Varland
.0005.40
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBryan Hudson — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
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