MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Rhett Lowder
CIN · 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); Rhett Lowder 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
Rhett Lowder
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Rhett Lowder
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Rhett Lowder
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Rhett Lowder
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Rhett Lowder
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Rhett Lowder
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Rhett Lowder
.350
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
26.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Rhett Lowder
26.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.86
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.65
now 0.94
1.10
Rhett Lowder
.9001.65
now 1.45
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40100.80
now 80
54
Rhett Lowder
40100.80
now 31
28
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Rhett Lowder
.00010.40
now 3
24

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

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