MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Shane Baz
Shane Baz
BAL · 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); Shane Baz 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
Shane Baz
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Shane Baz
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Shane Baz
20.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Shane Baz
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Shane Baz
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Shane Baz
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Shane Baz
.320
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
25.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Shane Baz
25.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.48
4.24
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.63
now 0.94
1.10
Shane Baz
.9001.63
now 1.43
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4095.60
now 80
54
Shane Baz
4095.60
now 57
41
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Shane Baz
.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
Hold · leans sellShane Baz — hold.conf 0.60
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