MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chase Burns
Chase Burns
CIN · 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); Chase Burns wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chase Burns
97.6
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chase Burns
15.6%
Chris Sale
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chase Burns
29.2%
Chris Sale
30.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chase Burns
34.9%
Chris Sale
36.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chase Burns
38.1%
Chris Sale
35.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chase Burns
7.8%
Chris Sale
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chase Burns
.276
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
Chase Burns
23.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.96
3.15
Chris Sale
23.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.06
WHIPlower is better
Chase Burns
.9001.33
now 0.96
1.22
Chris Sale
.9001.33
now 0.94
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chase Burns
40106
now 72
15
Chris Sale
40106
now 80
16
Winshigher is better
Chase Burns
.00010.80
now 7
12
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChase Burns — buy.conf 0.89
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.91
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