MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Cristopher Sánchez
Cristopher Sánchez
PHI · P
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Portrait of Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cristopher Sánchez.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

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

Cristopher Sánchez wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Gerrit Cole wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cristopher Sánchez
95.2
Gerrit Cole
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cristopher Sánchez
16.5%
Gerrit Cole
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cristopher Sánchez
27.8%
Gerrit Cole
25.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cristopher Sánchez
37.1%
Gerrit Cole
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cristopher Sánchez
42.7%
Gerrit Cole
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cristopher Sánchez
7.8%
Gerrit Cole
9.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cristopher Sánchez
.285
Gerrit Cole
.287
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
Cristopher Sánchez
24.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.47
3.35
Gerrit Cole
24.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.40
WHIPlower is better
Cristopher Sánchez
.9001.42
now 1.12
1.22
Gerrit Cole
.9001.42
now 0.71
1.15

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cristopher Sánchez
40128.20
now 95
49
Gerrit Cole
40128.20
now 12
34
Winshigher is better
Cristopher Sánchez
.0008
now 6
24
Gerrit Cole
.0008
now 1
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCristopher Sánchez — buy.conf 0.82
BuyGerrit Cole — buy.conf 0.81
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