MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 24, 2026
Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
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Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mark Leiter Jr..

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

Mark Leiter Jr. wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Gus Varland wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gus Varland
95.1
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
11.3%
Mark Leiter Jr.
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
20.4%
Mark Leiter Jr.
24.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gus Varland
33.5%
Mark Leiter Jr.
34.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
48.9%
Mark Leiter Jr.
30.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
13.8%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gus Varland
.367
Mark Leiter Jr.
.318
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
3.026.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.74
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.026.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Gus Varland
1.121.67
now 1.55
1.25
Mark Leiter Jr.
1.121.67
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gus Varland
4037.60
now 20
27
Mark Leiter Jr.
4037.60
now 25
32
Winshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0002.80
now 1
12
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Gus Varland
1.408.60
now 4
47
Mark Leiter Jr.
1.408.60
now 4
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowMark Leiter Jr. — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.81
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