MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Roki Sasaki
Roki Sasaki
LAD · 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); Roki Sasaki 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
Roki Sasaki
97.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Roki Sasaki
15.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Roki Sasaki
23.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Roki Sasaki
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Roki Sasaki
43.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Roki Sasaki
10.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Roki Sasaki
.317
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
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Roki Sasaki
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.51
now 0.94
1.10
Roki Sasaki
.9001.51
now 1.35
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4096.80
now 80
54
Roki Sasaki
4096.80
now 50
38
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Roki Sasaki
.00010.40
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · steadyRoki Sasaki — hold.conf 0.60
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