REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Based on our latest projection, you can expect Walker Buehler to be an elite fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 153.84 projected fantasy points puts him at #4 behind Gerrit Cole and ahead of Stephen Strasburg. He has averaged 5.23 fantasy points in his past 30 games, which is slightly less than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 5.46 fantasy points. His rank based on average projected points is the same as his rank based on total fantasy points. He is slightly overrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 98%, he is the #2 most highly owned starting pitcher. Walker Buehler is expected to improve on last season's #11 fantasy position rank.

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WALKER BUEHLER WEEK 3 AND 4 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Walker Buehler is projected for 6.02 fantasy points in one game which is good enough to be the #8 ranked starting pitcher and a must start for most owners. This is projected to be a better than average game with more fantasy points than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Max Scherzer but behind Aaron Nola. Week 4 will be a very good week and he is projected to be the number one starting pitcher. He is projected for 12.04 fantasy points.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Below the projection are actual stats from last season.