MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Carson Whisenhunt
SF · 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); Carson Whisenhunt wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
92.8
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
15.5%
Chris Sale
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
18.4%
Chris Sale
30.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
37.9%
Chris Sale
35.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Carson Whisenhunt
47.5%
Chris Sale
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Carson Whisenhunt
11.9%
Chris Sale
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Carson Whisenhunt
.408
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
Carson Whisenhunt
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
4.10
Chris Sale
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
WHIPlower is better
Carson Whisenhunt
.9001.60
now 1.41
1.30
Chris Sale
.9001.60
now 0.94
1.10

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Carson Whisenhunt
40109.60
now 6
17
Chris Sale
40109.60
now 80
54
Winshigher is better
Carson Whisenhunt
.00010.80
now 1
25
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38

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

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