Who's more valuable, rest of season
Jackson Kent.
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
Jackson Kent 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
Jackson Kent
93.0
Walker Buehler
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jackson Kent
10.6%
Walker Buehler
9.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jackson Kent
18.8%
Walker Buehler
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jackson Kent
30.8%
Walker Buehler
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jackson Kent
40.3%
Walker Buehler
38.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jackson Kent
8.3%
Walker Buehler
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jackson Kent
.347
Walker Buehler
.314
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
Jackson Kent
3.047.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
4.10
Walker Buehler
3.047.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.13
WHIPlower is better
Jackson Kent
1.022.28
now 2.00
1.30
Walker Buehler
1.022.28
now 1.32
1.37
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jackson Kent
4057.80
now 6
15
Walker Buehler
4057.80
now 43
10
Winshigher is better
Jackson Kent
.0004.20
now 0
0–0
Walker Buehler
.0004.20
now 3
0–1
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJackson Kent — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyWalker Buehler — hold.conf 0.60