MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
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Portrait of Mason Fluharty
Mason Fluharty
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mason Fluharty.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Mason Fluharty wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Gus Varland wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gus Varland
95.1
Mason Fluharty
90.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
11.1%
Mason Fluharty
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
20.3%
Mason Fluharty
27.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gus Varland
33.1%
Mason Fluharty
34.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
50.5%
Mason Fluharty
32.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
15.5%
Mason Fluharty
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gus Varland
.387
Mason Fluharty
.270
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
3.474.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.76
Mason Fluharty
3.474.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Gus Varland
1.121.67
now 1.55
1.24
Mason Fluharty
1.121.67
now 1.36
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gus Varland
4035.60
now 20
16
Mason Fluharty
4035.60
now 30
23
Winshigher is better
Gus Varland
.2003.80
now 1
11
Mason Fluharty
.2003.80
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0005.60
now 4
24
Mason Fluharty
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowMason Fluharty — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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