Head to head · 2026 NLDS pitching

Chris Sale vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto

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.

Opponents in the 2026 NLDS, where the Los Angeles Dodgers won 3-1 over the Atlanta Braves.
Both among the 25 most valuable pitchers of 2026 by dbWAR.
Both near the front of the 2026 NL Cy Young race: among the league's 8 most valuable pitchers by dbWAR.

Chris Sale ATL

Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

2026 NLDS.
Statistic	Chris Sale	Yoshinobu Yamamoto
G	1	1
GS	1	1
IP	5.0	7.0
W	0	1
SV	0	0
SO	7	10
BB	0	1
ERA	5.40	1.29
WHIP	1.40	0.71
K/9	12.6	12.9
BB/9	0.0	1.3

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Chris Sale	Yoshinobu Yamamoto
G	13	12
GS	9	11
IP	46.2	65.2
W	1	8
SV	0	0
SO	66	59
BB	14	15
ERA	5.79	2.47
WHIP	1.33	0.88
K/9	12.7	8.1
BB/9	2.7	2.1

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Chris Sale	Yoshinobu Yamamoto
G	27	28
GS	27	28
IP	162.2	185.0
W	14	14
SO	200	182
ERA	2.16	2.53
FIP	2.29	3.34
WHIP	0.98	0.87
K/9	11.1	8.9
BB/9	1.7	2.0
FIP−	55	80
WAR	5.6	4.1

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, 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 season table.
Statistic	Chris Sale	Yoshinobu Yamamoto
G	420	76
GS	339	76
IP	2,246.2	448.2
W	159	33
L	97	19
SV	12	0
SO	2,779	488
BB	518	123
ERA	2.95	2.61
WHIP	1.04	0.97
K/9	11.1	9.8
BB/9	2.1	2.5
HR/9	0.9	0.8
WAR	60.0	11.4

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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.