MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Slade Cecconi
Slade Cecconi
CLE · 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); Slade Cecconi 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
Slade Cecconi
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Slade Cecconi
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Slade Cecconi
17.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Slade Cecconi
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Slade Cecconi
39.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Slade Cecconi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Slade Cecconi
.334
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
26.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Slade Cecconi
26.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.25
4.52
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.71
now 0.94
1.10
Slade Cecconi
.9001.71
now 1.49
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4098
now 80
54
Slade Cecconi
4098
now 50
35
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Slade Cecconi
.00010.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
SellSlade Cecconi — sell.conf 0.74
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