MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Chase Dollander
COL · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Chase Dollander wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chase Dollander
98.9
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chase Dollander
13.4%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chase Dollander
24.9%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chase Dollander
27.6%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chase Dollander
52.1%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chase Dollander
9.9%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chase Dollander
.307
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
Chase Dollander
25.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.89
3.76
Louis Varland
25.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Chase Dollander
.9201.41
now 1.30
1.26
Louis Varland
.9201.41
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chase Dollander
4057
now 47
38
Louis Varland
4057
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Chase Dollander
.0005.20
now 3
14
Louis Varland
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Chase Dollander
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChase Dollander — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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