MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
SD · 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); Walker Buehler 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
Walker Buehler
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Walker Buehler
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Walker Buehler
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Walker Buehler
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Walker Buehler
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Walker Buehler
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Walker Buehler
.325
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
26.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Walker Buehler
26.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.33
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.60
now 0.94
1.10
Walker Buehler
.9001.60
now 1.32
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4098
now 80
54
Walker Buehler
4098
now 43
35
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Walker Buehler
.00010.40
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
SellWalker Buehler — sell.conf 0.66
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