MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Shane Baz
Shane Baz
BAL · P
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Portrait of Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shane Baz.

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

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

Shane Baz wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Walker Buehler wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Shane Baz
96.0
Walker Buehler
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Shane Baz
10.7%
Walker Buehler
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Shane Baz
20.3%
Walker Buehler
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Shane Baz
30.0%
Walker Buehler
26.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Shane Baz
41.7%
Walker Buehler
41.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Shane Baz
7.0%
Walker Buehler
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Shane Baz
.320
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
Shane Baz
3.975.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.48
4.23
Walker Buehler
3.975.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Shane Baz
1.251.50
now 1.43
1.39
Walker Buehler
1.251.50
now 1.32
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Shane Baz
4064.20
now 57
46
Walker Buehler
4064.20
now 43
39
Winshigher is better
Shane Baz
.0005.20
now 2
12
Walker Buehler
.0005.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellShane Baz — hold.conf 0.60
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.65
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