MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Parker Messick
Parker Messick
CLE · 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); Parker Messick 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
Parker Messick
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Parker Messick
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Parker Messick
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Parker Messick
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Parker Messick
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Parker Messick
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Parker Messick
.274
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
23.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Parker Messick
23.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.09
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.30
now 0.94
1.10
Parker Messick
.9001.30
now 1.07
1.20

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4092.80
now 80
54
Parker Messick
4092.80
now 74
48
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
110
now 8
38
Parker Messick
110
now 6
35

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighParker Messick — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.86
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