MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Louis Varland
Louis Varland
TOR · P
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Portrait of Robert Suarez
Robert Suarez
ATL · 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, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Louis Varland wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Robert Suarez wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Louis Varland
98.6
Robert Suarez
98.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Louis Varland
15.2%
Robert Suarez
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Louis Varland
35.2%
Robert Suarez
21.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Louis Varland
36.4%
Robert Suarez
38.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Louis Varland
34.5%
Robert Suarez
33.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Louis Varland
2.6%
Robert Suarez
3.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Louis Varland
.216
Robert Suarez
.282
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
25.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
3.52
Robert Suarez
25.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Louis Varland
.9001.40
now 1.03
1.22
Robert Suarez
.9001.40
now 0.83
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Louis Varland
4051.60
now 42
22
Robert Suarez
4051.60
now 22
18
Winshigher is better
Louis Varland
.0005.20
now 2
12
Robert Suarez
.0005.20
now 4
24
Saveshigher is better
Louis Varland
.00010.40
now 8
47
Robert Suarez
.00010.40
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeLouis Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighRobert Suarez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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