MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Garrett Whitlock
BOS · 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); Garrett Whitlock wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
94.9
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
16.4%
Louis Varland
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
27.6%
Louis Varland
34.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
41.8%
Louis Varland
36.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
34.6%
Louis Varland
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
3.8%
Louis Varland
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
.261
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
Garrett Whitlock
25.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.05
3.69
Louis Varland
25.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.06
WHIPlower is better
Garrett Whitlock
.9501.32
now 1.11
1.24
Louis Varland
.9501.32
now 1.03
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
4050.40
now 26
21
Louis Varland
4050.40
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
.0005.20
now 3
14
Louis Varland
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGarrett Whitlock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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