MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Cole Wilcox
SEA · 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); Cole Wilcox wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Wilcox
96.6
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Wilcox
14.5%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Wilcox
21.7%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Wilcox
32.4%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Wilcox
42.4%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Wilcox
7.6%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Wilcox
.363
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
Cole Wilcox
27.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
Louis Varland
27.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Cole Wilcox
.9002.55
now 2.18
1.24
Louis Varland
.9002.55
now 1.03
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Wilcox
4052.80
now 15
20
Louis Varland
4052.80
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Cole Wilcox
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Cole Wilcox
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Wilcox — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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