MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Carmen Mlodzinski
Carmen Mlodzinski
PIT · P
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Portrait of Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Carmen Mlodzinski.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Carmen Mlodzinski wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Walker Buehler wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
95.0
Walker Buehler
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
9.6%
Walker Buehler
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
18.6%
Walker Buehler
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
30.4%
Walker Buehler
26.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
46.2%
Walker Buehler
41.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
7.2%
Walker Buehler
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
.339
Walker Buehler
.324
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
Carmen Mlodzinski
3.315.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.76
4.61
Walker Buehler
3.315.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
1.251.49
now 1.42
1.38
Walker Buehler
1.251.49
now 1.32
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
4051.60
now 46
40
Walker Buehler
4051.60
now 43
39
Winshigher is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
.8006.20
now 4
25
Walker Buehler
.8006.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellCarmen Mlodzinski — sell.conf 0.79
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.65
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