MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Robert Gasser
MIL · 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); Robert Gasser 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
Robert Gasser
92.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Robert Gasser
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Robert Gasser
22.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Robert Gasser
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Robert Gasser
32.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Robert Gasser
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Robert Gasser
.304
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
25.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Robert Gasser
25.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.73
3.85
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.63
now 0.94
1.10
Robert Gasser
.9001.63
now 1.43
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40107.20
now 80
54
Robert Gasser
40107.20
now 12
26
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
38
Robert Gasser
.00011.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · leans buyRobert Gasser — hold.conf 0.60
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