MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Drew Rasmussen
Drew Rasmussen
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Chris Sale wins 1 (ERA); Drew Rasmussen wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Drew Rasmussen
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Drew Rasmussen
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.9%
Drew Rasmussen
26.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.5%
Drew Rasmussen
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
35.1%
Drew Rasmussen
33.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
6.2%
Drew Rasmussen
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.267
Drew Rasmussen
.271
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
Chris Sale
23.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
2.96
Drew Rasmussen
23.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.36
3.06
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.15
now 0.94
1.08
Drew Rasmussen
.9001.15
now 1.02
1.05

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40112
now 80
0
Drew Rasmussen
40112
now 55
0
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
0–0
Drew Rasmussen
.00011.20
now 4
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighDrew Rasmussen — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.81
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