MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Gordon Graceffo
Gordon Graceffo
STL · 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); Gordon Graceffo wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gordon Graceffo
95.5
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gordon Graceffo
7.6%
Louis Varland
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gordon Graceffo
15.8%
Louis Varland
34.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gordon Graceffo
24.3%
Louis Varland
36.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gordon Graceffo
45.5%
Louis Varland
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gordon Graceffo
11.0%
Louis Varland
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gordon Graceffo
.349
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
Gordon Graceffo
26.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.80
4.71
Louis Varland
26.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.06
WHIPlower is better
Gordon Graceffo
.9001.64
now 0.90
1.43
Louis Varland
.9001.64
now 1.03
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gordon Graceffo
4055.20
now 14
9
Louis Varland
4055.20
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Gordon Graceffo
.0005.20
now 4
14
Louis Varland
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Gordon Graceffo
.00011.20
now 1
01
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGordon Graceffo — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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