MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara
MIA · 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); Sandy Alcantara 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
Sandy Alcantara
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Sandy Alcantara
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Sandy Alcantara
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Sandy Alcantara
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Sandy Alcantara
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Sandy Alcantara
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Sandy Alcantara
.301
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
Sandy Alcantara
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.44
now 0.94
1.10
Sandy Alcantara
.9001.44
now 1.30
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4098.40
now 80
54
Sandy Alcantara
4098.40
now 57
34
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Sandy Alcantara
.00010.80
now 4
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
BuySandy Alcantara — buy.conf 0.70
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