MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Zack Littell
Zack Littell
WSH · 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); Zack Littell 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
Zack Littell
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Zack Littell
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Zack Littell
15.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Zack Littell
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Zack Littell
44.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Zack Littell
10.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Zack Littell
.373
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
26.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Zack Littell
26.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
5.41
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.54
now 0.94
1.10
Zack Littell
.9001.54
now 1.37
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40101.20
now 80
54
Zack Littell
40101.20
now 35
27
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Zack Littell
.00010.40
now 5
25

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

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