MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Spencer Arrighetti
Spencer Arrighetti
HOU · 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); Spencer Arrighetti wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Spencer Arrighetti
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Spencer Arrighetti
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Spencer Arrighetti
22.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Spencer Arrighetti
26.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Spencer Arrighetti
30.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Spencer Arrighetti
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Spencer Arrighetti
.345
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
26.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Spencer Arrighetti
26.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.34
4.75
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.63
now 0.94
1.10
Spencer Arrighetti
.9001.63
now 1.13
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4096.40
now 80
54
Spencer Arrighetti
4096.40
now 43
39
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.60011.40
now 8
38
Spencer Arrighetti
.60011.40
now 7
49

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighSpencer Arrighetti — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
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