Who's more valuable, rest of season
Kodai Senga.
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
Kodai Senga 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
Kodai Senga
96.2
Walker Buehler
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kodai Senga
13.1%
Walker Buehler
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kodai Senga
25.3%
Walker Buehler
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kodai Senga
26.7%
Walker Buehler
26.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kodai Senga
38.9%
Walker Buehler
41.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kodai Senga
13.3%
Walker Buehler
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kodai Senga
.354
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
Kodai Senga
2.148.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
4.10
Walker Buehler
2.148.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.33
WHIPlower is better
Kodai Senga
1.042.21
now 1.95
1.30
Walker Buehler
1.042.21
now 1.32
1.40
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kodai Senga
4051
now 23
43
Walker Buehler
4051
now 43
38
Winshigher is better
Kodai Senga
.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 · wait & seeKodai Senga — hold.conf 0.55
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.66