MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Noah Schultz
CWS · 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); Noah Schultz 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
Noah Schultz
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Noah Schultz
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Noah Schultz
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Noah Schultz
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Noah Schultz
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Noah Schultz
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Noah Schultz
.361
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
27.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Noah Schultz
27.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.82
5.11
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.61
now 0.94
1.10
Noah Schultz
.9001.61
now 1.34
1.42

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4099.20
now 80
54
Noah Schultz
4099.20
now 33
32
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Noah Schultz
.00010.80
now 2
13

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

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