MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Shane McClanahan
Shane McClanahan
TB · 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 McClanahan 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 McClanahan
95.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Shane McClanahan
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Shane McClanahan
22.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Shane McClanahan
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Shane McClanahan
40.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Shane McClanahan
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Shane McClanahan
.313
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
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Shane McClanahan
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.44
now 0.94
1.10
Shane McClanahan
.9001.44
now 1.02
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094.80
now 80
54
Shane McClanahan
4094.80
now 53
43
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
110
now 8
38
Shane McClanahan
110
now 6
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighShane McClanahan — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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