MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Roki Sasaki
Roki Sasaki
LAD · P
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Portrait of Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Roki Sasaki.

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

Roki Sasaki 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
Roki Sasaki
97.5
Walker Buehler
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Roki Sasaki
14.3%
Walker Buehler
8.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Roki Sasaki
23.2%
Walker Buehler
21.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Roki Sasaki
31.3%
Walker Buehler
26.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Roki Sasaki
45.1%
Walker Buehler
41.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Roki Sasaki
11.3%
Walker Buehler
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Roki Sasaki
.331
Walker Buehler
.323
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
Roki Sasaki
3.985.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.39
Walker Buehler
3.985.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.24
WHIPlower is better
Roki Sasaki
1.251.42
now 1.35
1.34
Walker Buehler
1.251.42
now 1.32
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Roki Sasaki
4078
now 50
68
Walker Buehler
4078
now 43
63
Winshigher is better
Roki Sasaki
1.807.20
now 3
36
Walker Buehler
1.807.20
now 3
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellRoki Sasaki — sell.conf 0.69
Hold · leans sellWalker Buehler — hold.conf 0.60
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