MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Sean Burke
Sean Burke
CWS · P
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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); Sean Burke 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
Sean Burke
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Sean Burke
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Sean Burke
27.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Sean Burke
32.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Sean Burke
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Sean Burke
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Sean Burke
.289
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
24.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Sean Burke
24.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.72
3.46
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.30
now 0.94
1.10
Sean Burke
.9001.30
now 1.13
1.20

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4096.80
now 80
54
Sean Burke
4096.80
now 60
38
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Sean Burke
.00010.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
BuySean Burke — buy.conf 0.79
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