MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Eduard Bazardo
Eduard Bazardo
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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Eduard Bazardo wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
95.5
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
10.2%
Louis Varland
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
24.0%
Louis Varland
34.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
28.0%
Louis Varland
36.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
37.3%
Louis Varland
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
9.0%
Louis Varland
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
.312
Louis Varland
.223
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
Eduard Bazardo
25.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.13
3.72
Louis Varland
25.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.06
WHIPlower is better
Eduard Bazardo
.9001.52
now 1.38
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.52
now 1.03
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
4052.40
now 23
16
Louis Varland
4052.40
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.2003.80
now 3
13
Louis Varland
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeEduard Bazardo — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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