MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 20, 2026
Cole Ragans
KC · P
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Portrait of Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cole Ragans.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Ragans
94.9
Walker Buehler
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Walker Buehler
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Walker Buehler
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Walker Buehler
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Walker Buehler
42.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Walker Buehler
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.345
Walker Buehler
.333
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
Cole Ragans
3.965.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.22
Walker Buehler
3.965.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.41
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.251.49
now 1.42
1.33
Walker Buehler
1.251.49
now 1.32
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
40110.20
now 45
91
Walker Buehler
40110.20
now 43
72
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0009.40
now 1
13
Walker Buehler
.0009.40
now 3
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.69
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