MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Ethan Roberts
Ethan Roberts
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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Ethan Roberts wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
93.6
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
9.8%
Louis Varland
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
15.5%
Louis Varland
34.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
25.1%
Louis Varland
36.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ethan Roberts
44.7%
Louis Varland
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ethan Roberts
3.9%
Louis Varland
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ethan Roberts
.342
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
Ethan Roberts
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
Louis Varland
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.06
WHIPlower is better
Ethan Roberts
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.34
now 1.03
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ethan Roberts
4054
now 12
16
Louis Varland
4054
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Ethan Roberts
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Ethan Roberts
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEthan Roberts — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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