MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
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Portrait of Will Vest
Will Vest
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Will Vest.

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gus Varland
95.1
Will Vest
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
11.3%
Will Vest
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
20.4%
Will Vest
21.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gus Varland
33.5%
Will Vest
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
48.9%
Will Vest
34.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
13.8%
Will Vest
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gus Varland
.367
Will Vest
.306
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
2.298.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.74
Will Vest
2.298.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Gus Varland
1.121.67
now 1.55
1.25
Will Vest
1.121.67
now 1.45
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gus Varland
4038.60
now 20
28
Will Vest
4038.60
now 20
33
Winshigher is better
Gus Varland
.5202.48
now 1
12
Will Vest
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0009.40
now 4
47
Will Vest
.0009.40
now 1
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowWill Vest — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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