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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gabe Speier
95.3
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
12.3%
Louis Varland
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
21.4%
Louis Varland
34.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
31.4%
Louis Varland
36.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gabe Speier
36.7%
Louis Varland
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gabe Speier
11.4%
Louis Varland
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gabe Speier
.295
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
Gabe Speier
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
Louis Varland
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.06
WHIPlower is better
Gabe Speier
.9201.41
now 1.30
1.24
Louis Varland
.9201.41
now 1.03
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gabe Speier
4052.40
now 16
20
Louis Varland
4052.40
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Gabe Speier
.5202.48
now 1
12
Louis Varland
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Gabe Speier
.00011.20
now 1
02
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGabe Speier — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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