Who's more valuable, rest of season
Jack Flaherty.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Walker Buehler’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
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WHIP
W
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SV n/a
Jack Flaherty wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Walker Buehler wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
92.8
Walker Buehler
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
12.3%
Walker Buehler
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
26.4%
Walker Buehler
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
28.1%
Walker Buehler
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
47.3%
Walker Buehler
42.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
8.4%
Walker Buehler
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
.321
Walker Buehler
.327
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
Jack Flaherty
3.606.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.23
Walker Buehler
3.606.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.35
WHIPlower is better
Jack Flaherty
1.201.73
now 1.61
1.36
Walker Buehler
1.201.73
now 1.32
1.39
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Flaherty
4076.60
now 64
67
Walker Buehler
4076.60
now 43
48
Winshigher is better
Jack Flaherty
.0005.60
now 0
0–0
Walker Buehler
.0005.60
now 3
2–4
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJack Flaherty — hold.conf 0.60
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.66