MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Bryan Hudson
Bryan Hudson
CWS · 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); Bryan Hudson wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
92.0
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
11.4%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
22.9%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
24.1%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
36.5%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
4.0%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
.283
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
Bryan Hudson
25.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.26
3.67
Louis Varland
25.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Bryan Hudson
.9401.34
now 1.15
1.25
Louis Varland
.9401.34
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
4051.20
now 28
19
Louis Varland
4051.20
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
.2003.80
now 3
13
Louis Varland
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
.00010.80
now 2
12
Louis Varland
.00010.80
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBryan Hudson — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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