MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Ronel Blanco
HOU · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Chris Sale wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Ronel Blanco wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Ronel Blanco
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Ronel Blanco
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Ronel Blanco
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Ronel Blanco
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Ronel Blanco
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Ronel Blanco
13.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Ronel Blanco
.358
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.04
Ronel Blanco
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.71
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.44
now 0.94
1.10
Ronel Blanco
.9001.44
now 1.07
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40108.80
now 80
48
Ronel Blanco
40108.80
now 8
55
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
37
Ronel Blanco
.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 · wait & seeRonel Blanco — hold.conf 0.50
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