MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Cristopher Sánchez
Cristopher Sánchez
PHI · P
Change to
Portrait of Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes
PIT · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Paul Skenes.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Cristopher Sánchez’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Paul Skenes wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Cristopher Sánchez wins 1 (K); 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
Paul Skenes
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cristopher Sánchez
16.5%
Paul Skenes
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cristopher Sánchez
27.4%
Paul Skenes
29.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cristopher Sánchez
38.6%
Paul Skenes
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cristopher Sánchez
43.8%
Paul Skenes
37.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cristopher Sánchez
8.8%
Paul Skenes
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cristopher Sánchez
.279
Paul Skenes
.258
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
23.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.47
3.19
Paul Skenes
23.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
2.71
WHIPlower is better
Cristopher Sánchez
.9001.31
now 1.12
1.18
Paul Skenes
.9001.31
now 0.86
1.10

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cristopher Sánchez
55.80106.20
now 95
73
Paul Skenes
55.80106.20
now 75
67
Winshigher is better
Cristopher Sánchez
1.408.60
now 6
37
Paul Skenes
1.408.60
now 6
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCristopher Sánchez — buy.conf 0.87
BuyPaul Skenes — buy.conf 0.92
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