MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Stephen Kolek
Stephen Kolek
KC · 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); Stephen Kolek 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
Stephen Kolek
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Stephen Kolek
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Stephen Kolek
15.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Stephen Kolek
26.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Stephen Kolek
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Stephen Kolek
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Stephen Kolek
.303
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
24.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Stephen Kolek
24.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.48
3.82
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.47
now 0.94
1.10
Stephen Kolek
.9001.47
now 0.94
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40104.40
now 80
54
Stephen Kolek
40104.40
now 19
26
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
110
now 8
38
Stephen Kolek
110
now 3
35

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

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