MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Ethan Pecko
HOU · 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); Ethan Pecko wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Ethan Pecko
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.2%
Ethan Pecko
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.6%
Ethan Pecko
14.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.9%
Ethan Pecko
28.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
35.2%
Ethan Pecko
43.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.9%
Ethan Pecko
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Ethan Pecko
.384
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
26.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.06
Ethan Pecko
26.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.92
now 0.94
1.09
Ethan Pecko
.9001.92
now 1.64
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40110.40
now 80
16
Ethan Pecko
40110.40
now 4
11
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
12
Ethan Pecko
.00011.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.91
Sell HighEthan Pecko — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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