MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Tyler Mahle
Tyler Mahle
SF · 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); Tyler Mahle 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
Tyler Mahle
92.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Tyler Mahle
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Tyler Mahle
22.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Tyler Mahle
28.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Tyler Mahle
36.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Tyler Mahle
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Tyler Mahle
.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
27.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Tyler Mahle
27.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.04
4.07
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.78
now 0.94
1.10
Tyler Mahle
.9001.78
now 1.54
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094.80
now 80
54
Tyler Mahle
4094.80
now 57
43
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
38
Tyler Mahle
.00011.20
now 1
01

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

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