MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Robbie Ray
Robbie Ray
SF · 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); Robbie Ray 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
Robbie Ray
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Robbie Ray
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Robbie Ray
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Robbie Ray
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Robbie Ray
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Robbie Ray
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Robbie Ray
.324
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
25.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Robbie Ray
25.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.45
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.58
now 0.94
1.10
Robbie Ray
.9001.58
now 1.40
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094.40
now 80
54
Robbie Ray
4094.40
now 59
44
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Robbie Ray
.00010.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighRobbie Ray — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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