Who's more valuable, rest of season
Lucas Giolito.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Walker Buehler’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
W
SV n/a
Lucas Giolito wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Walker Buehler wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
90.8
Walker Buehler
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
9.8%
Walker Buehler
9.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
13.0%
Walker Buehler
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
19.0%
Walker Buehler
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
43.8%
Walker Buehler
38.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
4.2%
Walker Buehler
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
.358
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
Lucas Giolito
3.755.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.97
4.10
Walker Buehler
3.755.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.13
WHIPlower is better
Lucas Giolito
1.121.92
now 1.74
1.30
Walker Buehler
1.121.92
now 1.32
1.37
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lucas Giolito
4057.80
now 6
7
Walker Buehler
4057.80
now 43
10
Winshigher is better
Lucas Giolito
.0004.20
now 2
1–2
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 & seeLucas Giolito — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyWalker Buehler — hold.conf 0.60