MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Hayden Wesneski
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, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Chris Sale wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Hayden Wesneski wins 0 (none); 1 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
Hayden Wesneski
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.2%
Hayden Wesneski
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.6%
Hayden Wesneski
20.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.9%
Hayden Wesneski
35.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
35.2%
Hayden Wesneski
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.9%
Hayden Wesneski
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Hayden Wesneski
.297
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
25.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.06
Hayden Wesneski
25.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.85
now 0.94
1.09
Hayden Wesneski
.9001.85
now 1.59
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40110.40
now 80
16
Hayden Wesneski
40110.40
now 4
8
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
12
Hayden Wesneski
.00010.80
now 1
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.91
Hold · wait & seeHayden Wesneski — hold.conf 0.50
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