Head to head · 2026 pitching

Chris Sale vs Paul Skenes

So far in 2026 Chris Sale has been worth 1.5 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Chris Sale ATL

Paul Skenes PIT

2026 pitching, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Chris Sale	Paul Skenes
G	26	31
GS	26	31
IP	157.0	168.0
W	14	10
SO	190	192
ERA	2.18	3.91
FIP	2.29	3.32
WHIP	0.99	1.13
K/9	10.9	10.3
BB/9	1.8	2.5
FIP−	55	79
WAR	5.4	3.9

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2015 begins at 2015, not at his real first game.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the table above.
Statistic	Chris Sale	Paul Skenes
G	254	86
GS	253	86
IP	1,566.1	488.2
W	115	31
L	68	24
SV	0	0
SO	2,032	578
BB	345	121
ERA	3.03	2.63
WHIP	1.03	1.01
K/9	11.7	10.6
BB/9	2.0	2.2
HR/9	0.9	0.7
WAR	45.1	14.4

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How these are computed

FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.