Who's more valuable, rest of season
Tatsuya Imai.
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
Tatsuya Imai 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
Tatsuya Imai
95.0
Walker Buehler
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Tatsuya Imai
13.9%
Walker Buehler
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Tatsuya Imai
26.5%
Walker Buehler
21.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Tatsuya Imai
27.2%
Walker Buehler
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Tatsuya Imai
44.8%
Walker Buehler
42.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Tatsuya Imai
8.6%
Walker Buehler
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Tatsuya Imai
.330
Walker Buehler
.325
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
Tatsuya Imai
3.596.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.14
Walker Buehler
3.596.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.28
WHIPlower is better
Tatsuya Imai
1.251.43
now 1.36
1.32
Walker Buehler
1.251.43
now 1.32
1.34
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Tatsuya Imai
4084
now 28
58
Walker Buehler
4084
now 43
68
Winshigher is better
Tatsuya Imai
.4007.60
now 2
3–6
Walker Buehler
.4007.60
now 3
3–6
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeTatsuya Imai — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans sellWalker Buehler — hold.conf 0.60