MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
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Portrait of Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

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

Dustin May wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Walker Buehler wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dustin May
96.9
Walker Buehler
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
10.5%
Walker Buehler
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
23.1%
Walker Buehler
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dustin May
29.8%
Walker Buehler
26.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
46.1%
Walker Buehler
41.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
6.5%
Walker Buehler
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dustin May
.306
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
Dustin May
3.525.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
Walker Buehler
3.525.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Dustin May
1.231.47
now 1.30
1.33
Walker Buehler
1.231.47
now 1.32
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dustin May
4057
now 51
37
Walker Buehler
4057
now 43
36
Winshigher is better
Dustin May
.2003.80
now 3
13
Walker Buehler
.2003.80
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.65
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