MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 24, 2026
Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
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Portrait of Kyle Hurt
Kyle Hurt
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Hurt.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kyle Hurt 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
95.1
Kyle Hurt
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
11.3%
Kyle Hurt
20.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
20.4%
Kyle Hurt
31.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gus Varland
33.5%
Kyle Hurt
34.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
48.9%
Kyle Hurt
36.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
13.8%
Kyle Hurt
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gus Varland
.367
Kyle Hurt
.266
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
Gus Varland
25.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.74
Kyle Hurt
25.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Gus Varland
.9001.86
now 1.55
1.25
Kyle Hurt
.9001.86
now 0.78
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gus Varland
4036.60
now 20
27
Kyle Hurt
4036.60
now 21
31
Winshigher is better
Gus Varland
.5202.48
now 1
12
Kyle Hurt
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0009.40
now 4
47
Kyle Hurt
.0009.40
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKyle Hurt — hold.conf 0.50
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