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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
95.4
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
11.8%
Louis Varland
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
25.0%
Louis Varland
34.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
31.0%
Louis Varland
36.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
36.8%
Louis Varland
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
5.3%
Louis Varland
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
.280
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
Grant Wolfram
25.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.70
Louis Varland
25.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.06
WHIPlower is better
Grant Wolfram
.9001.73
now 1.53
1.24
Louis Varland
.9001.73
now 1.03
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
4050.80
now 21
20
Louis Varland
4050.80
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
.5202.48
now 1
11
Louis Varland
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
.00011.20
now 0
0
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowGrant Wolfram — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.85
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
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