MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
TOR · P
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Portrait of Louis Varland
Louis Varland
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Louis Varland.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Jeff Hoffman wins 2 (K, W).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
96.6
Louis Varland
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
18.9%
Louis Varland
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
34.8%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
38.9%
Louis Varland
35.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
30.7%
Louis Varland
36.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
7.9%
Louis Varland
2.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
.274
Louis Varland
.223
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
Jeff Hoffman
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.67
Louis Varland
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
3.53
WHIPlower is better
Jeff Hoffman
.9002.04
now 1.75
1.24
Louis Varland
.9002.04
now 1.03
1.22

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
4052.60
now 45
31
Louis Varland
4052.60
now 42
26
Winshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
.0006.60
now 4
25
Louis Varland
.0006.60
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
110
now 5
35
Louis Varland
110
now 8
48
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJeff Hoffman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeLouis Varland — hold.conf 0.50
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