MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Sonny Gray
Sonny Gray
BOS · 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, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Chris Sale wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Sonny Gray wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Sonny Gray
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Sonny Gray
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Sonny Gray
21.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Sonny Gray
33.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Sonny Gray
38.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Sonny Gray
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Sonny Gray
.304
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
24.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Sonny Gray
24.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.06
3.85
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.40
now 0.94
1.10
Sonny Gray
.9001.40
now 1.20
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4098.40
now 80
54
Sonny Gray
4098.40
now 41
34
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
110
now 8
38
Sonny Gray
110
now 6
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · leans buySonny Gray — hold.conf 0.60
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