MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Louis Varland
Louis Varland
TOR · P
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Portrait of Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia
BAL · 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); Rico Garcia wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Louis Varland
98.8
Rico Garcia
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Louis Varland
15.0%
Rico Garcia
15.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Louis Varland
31.3%
Rico Garcia
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Louis Varland
36.5%
Rico Garcia
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Louis Varland
36.8%
Rico Garcia
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Louis Varland
4.0%
Rico Garcia
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Louis Varland
.232
Rico Garcia
.271
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
Louis Varland
24.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
2.23
Rico Garcia
24.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.04
WHIPlower is better
Louis Varland
.9001.43
now 1.03
1.15
Rico Garcia
.9001.43
now 0.63
1.20

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Louis Varland
4057.20
now 42
6
Rico Garcia
4057.20
now 28
4
Winshigher is better
Louis Varland
.0004.20
now 2
00
Rico Garcia
.0004.20
now 3
01
Saveshigher is better
Louis Varland
.00011.20
now 8
12
Rico Garcia
.00011.20
now 3
01
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92
BuyRico Garcia — buy.conf 0.92
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