MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Garrett Cleavinger
Garrett Cleavinger
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Garrett Cleavinger.

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

Garrett Cleavinger wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Gus Varland wins 1 (SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
96.8
Gus Varland
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
12.9%
Gus Varland
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
32.5%
Gus Varland
20.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
36.7%
Gus Varland
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
46.7%
Gus Varland
48.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
6.7%
Gus Varland
13.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
.283
Gus Varland
.367
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
Garrett Cleavinger
3.434.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
3.70
Gus Varland
3.434.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Garrett Cleavinger
1.121.67
now 1.46
1.24
Gus Varland
1.121.67
now 1.55
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
4040.80
now 17
34
Gus Varland
4040.80
now 20
28
Winshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
.2003.80
now 1
13
Gus Varland
.2003.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
.0009.40
now 1
14
Gus Varland
.0009.40
now 4
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowGarrett Cleavinger — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
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