MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes
PIT · 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); Paul Skenes 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
Paul Skenes
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.2%
Paul Skenes
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.6%
Paul Skenes
28.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.9%
Paul Skenes
32.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
35.2%
Paul Skenes
38.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.9%
Paul Skenes
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Paul Skenes
.280
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
23.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.06
Paul Skenes
23.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
3.24
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.35
now 0.94
1.09
Paul Skenes
.9001.35
now 0.86
1.21

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40106
now 80
16
Paul Skenes
40106
now 75
15
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
12
Paul Skenes
.00010.80
now 6
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.91
BuyPaul Skenes — buy.conf 0.86
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