MLB Daily DeltaWeek 31 · October 26, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Tarik Skubal
LAD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tarik Skubal.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Chris Sale’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Tarik Skubal wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Chris Sale wins 0 (none); 2 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
Tarik Skubal
96.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Tarik Skubal
16.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.9%
Tarik Skubal
30.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.5%
Tarik Skubal
36.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
35.1%
Tarik Skubal
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
6.2%
Tarik Skubal
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.267
Tarik Skubal
.266
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
23.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
2.97
Tarik Skubal
23.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
2.94
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.15
now 0.94
1.08
Tarik Skubal
.9001.15
now 0.95
1.06

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40112
now 80
0
Tarik Skubal
40112
now 45
0
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
0–0
Tarik Skubal
.00011.20
now 3
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.92
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