MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Zack Wheeler
Zack Wheeler
PHI · 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 and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Chris Sale wins 2 categories (K, W); Zack Wheeler wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
95.9
Zack Wheeler
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
14.5%
Zack Wheeler
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
28.9%
Zack Wheeler
26.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.5%
Zack Wheeler
35.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.2%
Zack Wheeler
35.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.6%
Zack Wheeler
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.291
Zack Wheeler
.270
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
24.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.44
Zack Wheeler
24.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.27
2.94
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.26
now 0.94
1.14
Zack Wheeler
.9001.26
now 0.85
1.14

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40119.80
now 80
97
Zack Wheeler
40119.80
now 40
66
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.40016.60
now 8
613
Zack Wheeler
.40016.60
now 4
49

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.80
Sell HighZack Wheeler — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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