Who's more valuable, rest of season
Yusei Kikuchi.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, 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
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W
SV n/a
Yusei Kikuchi wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Walker Buehler wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Walker Buehler
94.1
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Walker Buehler
9.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Walker Buehler
20.1%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Walker Buehler
26.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Walker Buehler
40.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Walker Buehler
8.5%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Walker Buehler
.323
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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
Walker Buehler
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.29
Yusei Kikuchi
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Walker Buehler
1.201.69
now 1.32
1.41
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Walker Buehler
4048.60
now 43
31
Yusei Kikuchi
4048.60
now 33
35
Winshigher is better
Walker Buehler
.0004.20
now 3
1–3
Yusei Kikuchi
.0004.20
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellWalker Buehler — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55