MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
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Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Fernando Cruz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Fernando Cruz wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Gus Varland wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
93.2
Gus Varland
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.6%
Gus Varland
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.1%
Gus Varland
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
29.6%
Gus Varland
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
21.9%
Gus Varland
50.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
6.7%
Gus Varland
15.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.277
Gus Varland
.387
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
Fernando Cruz
24.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.68
Gus Varland
24.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
1.121.67
now 1.30
1.25
Gus Varland
1.121.67
now 1.55
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
4035.60
now 30
24
Gus Varland
4035.60
now 20
16
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.2003.80
now 3
13
Gus Varland
.2003.80
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0005.60
now 0
0
Gus Varland
.0005.60
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighFernando Cruz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
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