MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Gregory Soto
Gregory Soto
PIT · 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, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Gregory Soto wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gregory Soto
97.0
Louis Varland
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
11.6%
Louis Varland
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
27.0%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
28.4%
Louis Varland
35.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gregory Soto
35.4%
Louis Varland
36.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gregory Soto
6.1%
Louis Varland
2.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gregory Soto
.284
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
Gregory Soto
25.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.95
3.67
Louis Varland
25.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
3.53
WHIPlower is better
Gregory Soto
.9001.45
now 0.76
1.25
Louis Varland
.9001.45
now 1.03
1.22

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gregory Soto
4049.20
now 32
24
Louis Varland
4049.20
now 42
26
Winshigher is better
Gregory Soto
.0005.20
now 4
24
Louis Varland
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Gregory Soto
2.409.60
now 7
47
Louis Varland
2.409.60
now 8
48
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGregory Soto — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeLouis Varland — hold.conf 0.50
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