MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Chris Roycroft
TB · 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); Chris Roycroft wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
94.2
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
7.8%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
16.1%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
27.1%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
43.9%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
12.1%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
.377
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
Chris Roycroft
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.27
3.70
Louis Varland
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Chris Roycroft
.9002.55
now 3.55
1.24
Louis Varland
.9002.55
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
4057.60
now 3
11
Louis Varland
4057.60
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Roycroft — hold.conf 0.55
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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