MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Reid Detmers
Reid Detmers
LAA · 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); Reid Detmers 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
Reid Detmers
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Reid Detmers
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Reid Detmers
28.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Reid Detmers
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Reid Detmers
38.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Reid Detmers
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Reid Detmers
.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
25.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Reid Detmers
25.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.63
3.38
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.28
now 0.94
1.10
Reid Detmers
.9001.28
now 1.18
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094
now 80
54
Reid Detmers
4094
now 82
52
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Reid Detmers
.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
BuyReid Detmers — buy.conf 0.82
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