MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald
SF · 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); Trevor McDonald 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
Trevor McDonald
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Trevor McDonald
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Trevor McDonald
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Trevor McDonald
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Trevor McDonald
37.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Trevor McDonald
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Trevor McDonald
.312
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
25.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Trevor McDonald
25.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.07
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.51
now 0.94
1.10
Trevor McDonald
.9001.51
now 1.07
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40101.20
now 80
54
Trevor McDonald
40101.20
now 27
39
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Trevor McDonald
.00010.40
now 2
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · steadyTrevor McDonald — hold.conf 0.60
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