MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of José Fermin
José Fermin
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Fermin.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins. Gus Varland’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gus Varland
95.2
José Fermin
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
11.4%
José Fermin
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
20.5%
José Fermin
22.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gus Varland
33.5%
José Fermin
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
49.4%
José Fermin
54.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
13.8%
José Fermin
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gus Varland
.364
José Fermin
.372
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Gus Varland
3.026.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.73
José Fermin
3.026.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Gus Varland
1.071.84
now 1.55
1.25
José Fermin
1.071.84
now 1.67
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gus Varland
4044.60
now 20
30
José Fermin
4044.60
now 18
37
Winshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0008
now 1
12
José Fermin
.0008
now 2
26
Saveshigher is better
Gus Varland
.00011.20
now 4
48
José Fermin
.00011.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJosé Fermin — hold.conf 0.50
Tweet