MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Randy Vásquez
Randy Vásquez
SD · 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); Randy Vásquez 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
Randy Vásquez
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Randy Vásquez
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Randy Vásquez
15.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Randy Vásquez
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Randy Vásquez
45.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Randy Vásquez
11.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Randy Vásquez
.382
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
27.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Randy Vásquez
27.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.28
5.65
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.60
now 0.94
1.10
Randy Vásquez
.9001.60
now 1.23
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4098.80
now 80
54
Randy Vásquez
4098.80
now 47
33
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Randy Vásquez
.00010.40
now 5
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
SellRandy Vásquez — sell.conf 0.90
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