MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · 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 — ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Walker Buehler wins 1 categories (ERA); Brandon Young wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.4
Walker Buehler
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.9%
Walker Buehler
8.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.9%
Walker Buehler
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
33.7%
Walker Buehler
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
39.4%
Walker Buehler
38.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.8%
Walker Buehler
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.319
Walker Buehler
.315
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
Brandon Young
2.745.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.24
Walker Buehler
2.745.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.251.44
now 1.37
1.37
Walker Buehler
1.251.44
now 1.32
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4060.20
now 33
0
Walker Buehler
4060.20
now 43
0
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0004.20
now 3
0–0
Walker Buehler
.0004.20
now 3
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyWalker Buehler — hold.conf 0.60
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