MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Mitch Keller
Mitch Keller
PIT · 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); Mitch Keller 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
Mitch Keller
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Mitch Keller
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Mitch Keller
17.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Mitch Keller
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Mitch Keller
42.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Mitch Keller
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Mitch Keller
.355
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
26.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Mitch Keller
26.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.98
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.56
now 0.94
1.10
Mitch Keller
.9001.56
now 1.17
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4098.40
now 80
51
Mitch Keller
4098.40
now 51
34
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
37
Mitch Keller
.00010.40
now 5
24

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

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