MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Cade Povich
BAL · 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); Cade Povich wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Povich
91.9
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Povich
12.2%
Chris Sale
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Povich
14.6%
Chris Sale
30.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Povich
31.0%
Chris Sale
35.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Povich
45.2%
Chris Sale
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Povich
9.7%
Chris Sale
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Povich
.352
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
Cade Povich
26.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
4.10
Chris Sale
26.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
WHIPlower is better
Cade Povich
.9001.50
now 1.34
1.30
Chris Sale
.9001.50
now 0.94
1.10

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Povich
40107.20
now 12
28
Chris Sale
40107.20
now 80
51
Winshigher is better
Cade Povich
.00010.80
now 1
12
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Povich — hold.conf 0.50
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
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