MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Lodolo
Nick Lodolo
CIN · 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); Nick Lodolo 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
Nick Lodolo
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Nick Lodolo
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Nick Lodolo
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Nick Lodolo
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Nick Lodolo
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Nick Lodolo
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Nick Lodolo
.373
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
26.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Nick Lodolo
26.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.20
5.41
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.63
now 0.94
1.10
Nick Lodolo
.9001.63
now 1.37
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40103.20
now 80
54
Nick Lodolo
40103.20
now 22
36
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Nick Lodolo
.00010.40
now 2
24

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

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