MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Nick Pivetta
SD · 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 Pivetta 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 Pivetta
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.2%
Nick Pivetta
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.6%
Nick Pivetta
31.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.9%
Nick Pivetta
37.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
35.2%
Nick Pivetta
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.9%
Nick Pivetta
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Nick Pivetta
.242
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
25.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.06
Nick Pivetta
25.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.44
now 0.94
1.09
Nick Pivetta
.9001.44
now 1.13
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40106.80
now 80
16
Nick Pivetta
40106.80
now 24
13
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
12
Nick Pivetta
.00011.20
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.91
Hold · wait & seeNick Pivetta — hold.conf 0.50
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