MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Quinn Mathews
STL · 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); Quinn Mathews 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
Quinn Mathews
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.2%
Quinn Mathews
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.6%
Quinn Mathews
20.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.9%
Quinn Mathews
26.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
35.2%
Quinn Mathews
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.9%
Quinn Mathews
2.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Quinn Mathews
.291
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
3.06
Quinn Mathews
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9002.14
now 0.94
1.09
Quinn Mathews
.9002.14
now 1.80
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40110.80
now 80
16
Quinn Mathews
40110.80
now 3
6
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
12
Quinn Mathews
.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 0.91
Buy LowQuinn Mathews — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.78
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