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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Louis Varland
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Louis Varland
34.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Louis Varland
36.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Louis Varland
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
Louis Varland
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.300
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 Palencia
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
Louis Varland
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.06
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Palencia
.9001.63
now 1.46
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.63
now 1.03
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
4054
now 12
15
Louis Varland
4054
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.5202.48
now 1
12
Louis Varland
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
110
now 3
35
Louis Varland
110
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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