MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Louis Varland
Louis Varland
TOR · P
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Portrait of Trevor Megill
Trevor Megill
MIL · 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 wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Louis Varland
98.6
Trevor Megill
97.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Louis Varland
15.2%
Trevor Megill
16.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Louis Varland
35.2%
Trevor Megill
30.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Louis Varland
36.4%
Trevor Megill
36.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Louis Varland
34.5%
Trevor Megill
43.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Louis Varland
2.6%
Trevor Megill
5.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Louis Varland
.216
Trevor Megill
.262
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
25.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
3.52
Trevor Megill
25.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.29
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Louis Varland
.9501.32
now 1.03
1.22
Trevor Megill
.9501.32
now 1.05
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Louis Varland
4050
now 42
23
Trevor Megill
4050
now 27
22
Winshigher is better
Louis Varland
.0002.80
now 2
12
Trevor Megill
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Louis Varland
211
now 8
47
Trevor Megill
211
now 8
59
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeLouis Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTrevor Megill — hold.conf 0.50
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