MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
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Portrait of Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matthew Liberatore.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Matthew Liberatore wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Walker Buehler wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
94.4
Walker Buehler
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
11.0%
Walker Buehler
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
22.5%
Walker Buehler
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
29.8%
Walker Buehler
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
42.3%
Walker Buehler
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
8.6%
Walker Buehler
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
.338
Walker Buehler
.325
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
Matthew Liberatore
4.115.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.59
Walker Buehler
4.115.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.33
WHIPlower is better
Matthew Liberatore
1.251.57
now 1.50
1.38
Walker Buehler
1.251.57
now 1.32
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
4066.20
now 57
36
Walker Buehler
4066.20
now 43
34
Winshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
.2003.80
now 3
13
Walker Buehler
.2003.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.78
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.66
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