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

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

Chris Sale wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Ranger Suarez 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
Ranger Suarez
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Ranger Suarez
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Ranger Suarez
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Ranger Suarez
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Ranger Suarez
33.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Ranger Suarez
4.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Ranger Suarez
.286
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
23.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Ranger Suarez
23.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.38
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.36
now 0.94
1.10
Ranger Suarez
.9001.36
now 1.16
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4096.40
now 80
54
Ranger Suarez
4096.40
now 57
39
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Ranger Suarez
.00010.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
BuyRanger Suarez — buy.conf 0.82
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