MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Payton Tolle
Payton Tolle
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, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Chris Sale wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Payton Tolle wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Payton Tolle
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Payton Tolle
14.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Payton Tolle
26.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Payton Tolle
35.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Payton Tolle
35.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Payton Tolle
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Payton Tolle
.269
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
23.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Payton Tolle
23.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
2.98
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.33
now 0.94
1.10
Payton Tolle
.9001.33
now 0.90
1.21

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4093.60
now 80
54
Payton Tolle
4093.60
now 46
46
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Payton Tolle
.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
BuyPayton Tolle — buy.conf 0.92
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