MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · 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); Cal Quantrill wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
93.9
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
8.9%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
13.9%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cal Quantrill
28.8%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
34.1%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
9.1%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cal Quantrill
.339
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
Cal Quantrill
26.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
4.50
Louis Varland
26.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Cal Quantrill
.9001.51
now 1.22
1.37
Louis Varland
.9001.51
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
4053.20
now 14
18
Louis Varland
4053.20
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.2003.80
now 2
13
Louis Varland
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Cal Quantrill
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighCal Quantrill — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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