MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Seth Lugo
Seth Lugo
KC · 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); Seth Lugo 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
Seth Lugo
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Seth Lugo
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Seth Lugo
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Seth Lugo
24.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Seth Lugo
44.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Seth Lugo
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Seth Lugo
.353
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
26.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Seth Lugo
26.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.55
4.93
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.56
now 0.94
1.10
Seth Lugo
.9001.56
now 1.35
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4095.60
now 80
54
Seth Lugo
4095.60
now 60
41
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Seth Lugo
.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
SellSeth Lugo — sell.conf 0.90
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