Who's more valuable, rest of season
Blake Snell.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Walker Buehler’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
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WHIP
W
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SV n/a
Blake Snell wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Walker Buehler wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blake Snell
96.0
Walker Buehler
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blake Snell
18.0%
Walker Buehler
9.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blake Snell
32.6%
Walker Buehler
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blake Snell
41.1%
Walker Buehler
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blake Snell
13.5%
Walker Buehler
38.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blake Snell
1.4%
Walker Buehler
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blake Snell
.226
Walker Buehler
.314
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
Blake Snell
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.00
4.10
Walker Buehler
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.13
WHIPlower is better
Blake Snell
.9002.55
now 2.67
1.30
Walker Buehler
.9002.55
now 1.32
1.37
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blake Snell
4058.20
now 5
14
Walker Buehler
4058.20
now 43
10
Winshigher is better
Blake Snell
.0004.20
now 0
0–0
Walker Buehler
.0004.20
now 3
0–1
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlake Snell — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyWalker Buehler — hold.conf 0.60