MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Cade Gibson
Cade Gibson
MIA · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Cade Gibson wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Gibson
92.3
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Gibson
9.1%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Gibson
19.7%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Gibson
31.9%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Gibson
35.7%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Gibson
2.4%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Gibson
.303
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
Cade Gibson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.27
3.70
Louis Varland
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Cade Gibson
.9002.18
now 1.85
1.24
Louis Varland
.9002.18
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Gibson
4054.80
now 10
20
Louis Varland
4054.80
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Gibson
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Gibson
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowCade Gibson — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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