MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Nolan McLean
Nolan McLean
NYM · 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); Nolan McLean 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
Nolan McLean
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Nolan McLean
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Nolan McLean
28.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Nolan McLean
28.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Nolan McLean
35.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Nolan McLean
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Nolan McLean
.293
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
25.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Nolan McLean
25.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.21
3.56
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.35
now 0.94
1.10
Nolan McLean
.9001.35
now 1.12
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4091.60
now 80
54
Nolan McLean
4091.60
now 77
51
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Nolan McLean
.00010.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
BuyNolan McLean — buy.conf 0.76
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