MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Jackson Kent
WSH · 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); Jackson Kent 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
Jackson Kent
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.2%
Jackson Kent
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.6%
Jackson Kent
18.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.9%
Jackson Kent
30.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
35.2%
Jackson Kent
40.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.9%
Jackson Kent
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Jackson Kent
.347
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.06
Jackson Kent
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9002.42
now 0.94
1.09
Jackson Kent
.9002.42
now 2.00
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40109.60
now 80
16
Jackson Kent
40109.60
now 6
15
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
12
Jackson Kent
.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
Hold · wait & seeJackson Kent — hold.conf 0.50
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