MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 26, 2026
Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
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Portrait of Wilber Dotel
Wilber Dotel
PIT · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Wilber Dotel.

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

Wilber Dotel 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
Wilber Dotel
98.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
11.3%
Wilber Dotel
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
20.4%
Wilber Dotel
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gus Varland
33.5%
Wilber Dotel
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
48.9%
Wilber Dotel
52.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
13.8%
Wilber Dotel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gus Varland
.367
Wilber Dotel
.322
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
25.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.74
Wilber Dotel
25.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Gus Varland
.9001.88
now 1.55
1.25
Wilber Dotel
.9001.88
now 0.73
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gus Varland
4046.20
now 20
27
Wilber Dotel
4046.20
now 14
37
Winshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0005.20
now 1
12
Wilber Dotel
.0005.20
now 1
14
Saveshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0009.80
now 4
47
Wilber Dotel
.0009.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeWilber Dotel — hold.conf 0.50
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