MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Zac Gallen
Zac Gallen
AZ · 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); Zac Gallen 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
Zac Gallen
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Zac Gallen
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Zac Gallen
13.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Zac Gallen
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Zac Gallen
44.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Zac Gallen
11.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Zac Gallen
.383
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
27.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Zac Gallen
27.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.16
5.67
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.68
now 0.94
1.10
Zac Gallen
.9001.68
now 1.47
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4097.20
now 80
54
Zac Gallen
4097.20
now 42
37
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
38
Zac Gallen
.00010.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
SellZac Gallen — sell.conf 0.90
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