MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
CIN · 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); Andrew Abbott wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.5
Walker Buehler
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.5%
Walker Buehler
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
18.0%
Walker Buehler
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
28.7%
Walker Buehler
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
38.0%
Walker Buehler
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
7.3%
Walker Buehler
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.333
Walker Buehler
.325
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
Andrew Abbott
3.685.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.49
Walker Buehler
3.685.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.33
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.251.51
now 1.44
1.43
Walker Buehler
1.251.51
now 1.32
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4049
now 42
28
Walker Buehler
4049
now 43
33
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.0005.20
now 4
24
Walker Buehler
.0005.20
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAndrew Abbott — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.66
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