MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Zebby Matthews
Zebby Matthews
MIN · P
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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); Zebby Matthews 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
Zebby Matthews
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Zebby Matthews
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Zebby Matthews
20.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Zebby Matthews
27.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Zebby Matthews
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Zebby Matthews
12.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Zebby Matthews
.335
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
25.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.04
Zebby Matthews
25.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.63
4.53
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.49
now 0.94
1.10
Zebby Matthews
.9001.49
now 1.03
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40102.40
now 80
48
Zebby Matthews
40102.40
now 24
38
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
37
Zebby Matthews
.00010.80
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
SellZebby Matthews — sell.conf 0.75
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