MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Lynch IV
Daniel Lynch IV
KC · 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); Daniel Lynch IV wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
94.9
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
12.8%
Louis Varland
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
19.0%
Louis Varland
34.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
30.9%
Louis Varland
36.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
36.6%
Louis Varland
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
5.3%
Louis Varland
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
.286
Louis Varland
.223
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
Daniel Lynch IV
25.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.69
Louis Varland
25.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.06
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.9001.34
now 0.99
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.34
now 1.03
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
4050.80
now 27
20
Louis Varland
4050.80
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.0002.80
now 1
01
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.00011.20
now 1
01
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighDaniel Lynch IV — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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