MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Jared Jones
PIT · P
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Portrait of Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jared Jones.

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
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Jared Jones 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
Jared Jones
98.8
Walker Buehler
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
16.0%
Walker Buehler
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
23.1%
Walker Buehler
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jared Jones
28.1%
Walker Buehler
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
42.6%
Walker Buehler
42.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
9.3%
Walker Buehler
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jared Jones
.349
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
Jared Jones
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.38
4.10
Walker Buehler
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.41
WHIPlower is better
Jared Jones
.9902.39
now 2.08
1.30
Walker Buehler
.9902.39
now 1.32
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jared Jones
40120.80
now 6
88
Walker Buehler
40120.80
now 43
73
Winshigher is better
Jared Jones
.0009.80
now 0
00
Walker Buehler
.0009.80
now 3
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJared Jones — hold.conf 0.55
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.69
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