MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Gabriel Hughes
COL · 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 wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gabriel Hughes
92.9
Louis Varland
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gabriel Hughes
9.8%
Louis Varland
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gabriel Hughes
24.7%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gabriel Hughes
30.7%
Louis Varland
35.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gabriel Hughes
28.8%
Louis Varland
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gabriel Hughes
1.9%
Louis Varland
2.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gabriel Hughes
.233
Louis Varland
.219
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
Gabriel Hughes
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Louis Varland
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
3.53
WHIPlower is better
Gabriel Hughes
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.34
now 1.03
1.22

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gabriel Hughes
4058.40
now 1
9
Louis Varland
4058.40
now 42
24
Winshigher is better
Gabriel Hughes
.0002.80
now 0
00
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Gabriel Hughes
.00023.40
now 1
417
Louis Varland
.00023.40
now 8
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGabriel Hughes — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeLouis Varland — hold.conf 0.50
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