MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
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, WHIP, and wins.

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

Chris Sale wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Tatsuya Imai 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
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Tatsuya Imai
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Tatsuya Imai
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Tatsuya Imai
26.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Tatsuya Imai
45.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Tatsuya Imai
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Tatsuya Imai
.344
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
26.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Tatsuya Imai
26.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.73
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.68
now 0.94
1.10
Tatsuya Imai
.9001.68
now 1.36
1.47

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40100.80
now 80
54
Tatsuya Imai
40100.80
now 28
31
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Tatsuya Imai
.00010.40
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.84
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