MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Painter
Andrew Painter
PHI · P
Change to
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chris Sale.

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

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

Chris Sale wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Andrew Painter wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Painter
96.6
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
10.9%
Chris Sale
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
18.3%
Chris Sale
30.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
31.5%
Chris Sale
35.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
36.5%
Chris Sale
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
9.4%
Chris Sale
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Painter
.349
Chris Sale
.272
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
Andrew Painter
27.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
4.84
Chris Sale
27.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Painter
.9001.75
now 1.52
1.42
Chris Sale
.9001.75
now 0.94
1.10

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Painter
4098.80
now 43
33
Chris Sale
4098.80
now 80
54
Winshigher is better
Andrew Painter
.00011.20
now 1
01
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
38

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellAndrew Painter — hold.conf 0.60
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
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