MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Louis Varland
Louis Varland
TOR · P
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Portrait of Paul Sewald
Paul Sewald
AZ · 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 — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Paul Sewald wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Louis Varland
98.6
Paul Sewald
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Louis Varland
15.3%
Paul Sewald
14.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Louis Varland
35.3%
Paul Sewald
28.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Louis Varland
36.7%
Paul Sewald
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Louis Varland
34.7%
Paul Sewald
42.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Louis Varland
2.5%
Paul Sewald
14.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Louis Varland
.217
Paul Sewald
.300
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Louis Varland
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
Paul Sewald
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.63
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Louis Varland
.9001.45
now 1.03
1.08
Paul Sewald
.9001.45
now 0.72
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Louis Varland
4051.60
now 42
22
Paul Sewald
4051.60
now 24
18
Winshigher is better
Louis Varland
.5202.48
now 2
12
Paul Sewald
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Louis Varland
.00019.40
now 8
47
Paul Sewald
.00019.40
now 15
815
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seePaul Sewald — hold.conf 0.50
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