MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Jameson Taillon
Jameson Taillon
TOR · P
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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); Jameson Taillon 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
Jameson Taillon
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Jameson Taillon
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Jameson Taillon
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Jameson Taillon
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Jameson Taillon
38.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Jameson Taillon
15.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Jameson Taillon
.366
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
26.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Jameson Taillon
26.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.37
5.24
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.46
now 0.94
1.10
Jameson Taillon
.9001.46
now 1.28
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4097.60
now 80
54
Jameson Taillon
4097.60
now 51
36
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Jameson Taillon
.00010.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
SellJameson Taillon — sell.conf 0.90
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