MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 10, 2026
Aaron Civale
ATH · P
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Portrait of Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Walker Buehler.

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 n/a

Walker Buehler wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Aaron Civale wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Civale
91.3
Walker Buehler
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
9.4%
Walker Buehler
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
16.5%
Walker Buehler
21.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
30.9%
Walker Buehler
26.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
45.6%
Walker Buehler
42.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
9.7%
Walker Buehler
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Civale
.348
Walker Buehler
.326
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
Aaron Civale
3.935.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.20
4.80
Walker Buehler
3.935.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.33
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Civale
1.251.54
now 1.47
1.39
Walker Buehler
1.251.54
now 1.32
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Civale
4057.60
now 39
48
Walker Buehler
4057.60
now 43
52
Winshigher is better
Aaron Civale
.00010.40
now 5
48
Walker Buehler
.00010.40
now 3
25

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAaron Civale — sell.conf 0.87
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.66
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