MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
JR Ritchie
ATL · 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); JR Ritchie 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
JR Ritchie
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
JR Ritchie
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
JR Ritchie
20.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
JR Ritchie
25.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
JR Ritchie
38.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
JR Ritchie
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
JR Ritchie
.336
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
25.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
JR Ritchie
25.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.56
4.55
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.71
now 0.94
1.10
JR Ritchie
.9001.71
now 1.44
1.49

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40103.60
now 80
54
JR Ritchie
40103.60
now 21
30
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
JR Ritchie
.00010.80
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
SellJR Ritchie — sell.conf 0.76
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