MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Matt Waldron
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); Matt Waldron 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
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Matt Waldron
19.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Matt Waldron
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Matt Waldron
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Matt Waldron
.306
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
3.05
Matt Waldron
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9002.02
now 0.94
1.10
Matt Waldron
.9002.02
now 1.71
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40103.20
now 80
51
Matt Waldron
40103.20
now 22
31
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
37
Matt Waldron
.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
Hold · wait & seeMatt Waldron — hold.conf 0.50
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