MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Martinez
Nick Martinez
TB · 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 Martinez 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 Martinez
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Nick Martinez
9.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Nick Martinez
13.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Nick Martinez
32.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Nick Martinez
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Nick Martinez
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Nick Martinez
.329
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
25.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Nick Martinez
25.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.62
4.41
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.35
now 0.94
1.10
Nick Martinez
.9001.35
now 1.11
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40100.40
now 80
54
Nick Martinez
40100.40
now 41
29
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Nick Martinez
.00010.40
now 5
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighNick Martinez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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