MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Steven Matz
Steven Matz
TB · P
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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); Steven Matz 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
Steven Matz
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Steven Matz
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Steven Matz
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Steven Matz
27.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Steven Matz
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Steven Matz
12.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Steven Matz
.354
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
26.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Steven Matz
26.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.67
4.96
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.53
now 0.94
1.10
Steven Matz
.9001.53
now 1.24
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4099.20
now 80
51
Steven Matz
4099.20
now 35
32
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
37
Steven Matz
.00010.40
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
SellSteven Matz — sell.conf 0.90
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