MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · 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); Patrick Sandoval 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
Patrick Sandoval
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Patrick Sandoval
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Patrick Sandoval
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Patrick Sandoval
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Patrick Sandoval
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Patrick Sandoval
5.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Patrick Sandoval
.323
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
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Patrick Sandoval
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.56
now 0.94
1.10
Patrick Sandoval
.9001.56
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40110
now 80
54
Patrick Sandoval
40110
now 5
36
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
38
Patrick Sandoval
.00011.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seePatrick Sandoval — hold.conf 0.50
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