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. Kyle Leahy’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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◀
W
SV n/a
Walker Buehler wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kyle Leahy wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
94.1
Walker Buehler
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
9.9%
Walker Buehler
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
19.3%
Walker Buehler
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
26.0%
Walker Buehler
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
50.4%
Walker Buehler
42.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
10.9%
Walker Buehler
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
.353
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
Kyle Leahy
3.985.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.25
4.93
Walker Buehler
3.985.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.37
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Leahy
1.221.66
now 1.56
1.40
Walker Buehler
1.221.66
now 1.32
1.39
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Leahy
4051.60
now 46
44
Walker Buehler
4051.60
now 43
45
Winshigher is better
Kyle Leahy
.0009
now 5
3–7
Walker Buehler
.0009
now 3
2–4
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Leahy — sell.conf 0.90
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.67