MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Peter Lambert
Peter Lambert
HOU · 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); Peter Lambert 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
Peter Lambert
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Peter Lambert
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Peter Lambert
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Peter Lambert
30.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Peter Lambert
37.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Peter Lambert
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Peter Lambert
.288
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
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Peter Lambert
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.43
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.44
now 0.94
1.10
Peter Lambert
.9001.44
now 1.21
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4097.60
now 80
54
Peter Lambert
4097.60
now 43
36
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Peter Lambert
.00010.40
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighPeter Lambert — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
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