MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Tarik Skubal
DET · 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 wins.

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

Chris Sale wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Tarik Skubal wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
95.9
Tarik Skubal
96.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
14.8%
Tarik Skubal
15.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.6%
Tarik Skubal
29.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Tarik Skubal
36.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
31.0%
Tarik Skubal
39.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.2%
Tarik Skubal
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.280
Tarik Skubal
.282
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
23.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.19
Tarik Skubal
23.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.24
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.22
now 0.94
1.14
Tarik Skubal
.9001.22
now 0.95
1.00

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40110.80
now 80
92
Tarik Skubal
40110.80
now 45
71
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00017
now 8
613
Tarik Skubal
.00017
now 3
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.87
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.86
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