MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Tomoyuki Sugano
Tomoyuki Sugano
COL · 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); Tomoyuki Sugano 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
Tomoyuki Sugano
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Tomoyuki Sugano
8.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Tomoyuki Sugano
13.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Tomoyuki Sugano
26.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Tomoyuki Sugano
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Tomoyuki Sugano
13.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Tomoyuki Sugano
.399
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
27.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Tomoyuki Sugano
27.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.01
6.13
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.46
now 0.94
1.10
Tomoyuki Sugano
.9001.46
now 1.25
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40102.80
now 80
54
Tomoyuki Sugano
40102.80
now 31
23
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Tomoyuki Sugano
.00010.40
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighTomoyuki Sugano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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