MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Jesús Luzardo
Jesús Luzardo
PHI · 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 (WHIP); Jesús Luzardo wins 1 (ERA); 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
Jesús Luzardo
96.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Jesús Luzardo
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.9%
Jesús Luzardo
30.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.5%
Jesús Luzardo
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
35.1%
Jesús Luzardo
33.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
6.2%
Jesús Luzardo
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.267
Jesús Luzardo
.262
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
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
2.96
Jesús Luzardo
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.30
2.85
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.46
now 0.94
1.08
Jesús Luzardo
.9001.46
now 1.31
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40112
now 80
0
Jesús Luzardo
40112
now 78
0
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
0–0
Jesús Luzardo
.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
BuyJesús Luzardo — buy.conf 0.92
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