MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Germán Márquez
SD · 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 — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Germán Márquez
94.6
Walker Buehler
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Germán Márquez
9.1%
Walker Buehler
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Germán Márquez
15.8%
Walker Buehler
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Germán Márquez
26.2%
Walker Buehler
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Germán Márquez
41.9%
Walker Buehler
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Germán Márquez
9.0%
Walker Buehler
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Germán Márquez
.348
Walker Buehler
.325
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
Germán Márquez
3.766.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.76
4.82
Walker Buehler
3.766.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.33
WHIPlower is better
Germán Márquez
1.251.52
now 1.45
1.43
Walker Buehler
1.251.52
now 1.32
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Germán Márquez
4052.60
now 19
27
Walker Buehler
4052.60
now 43
34
Winshigher is better
Germán Márquez
.0006.60
now 3
25
Walker Buehler
.0006.60
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGermán Márquez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.66
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