Head to head · 2026 Wild Card Series pitching

Jesús Luzardo vs Chris Sale

In 2026 Chris Sale has been worth 0.3 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 Wild Card Series, where the Atlanta Braves won 2-1 over the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.

Jesús Luzardo PHI

Chris Sale ATL

Postseason

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

2026 Wild Card Series.
Statistic	Jesús Luzardo	Chris Sale
G	1	2
GS	1	1
IP	5.0	7.2
W	0	0
SV	0	0
SO	6	12
BB	1	1
ERA	1.80	3.52
WHIP	0.80	0.78
K/9	10.8	14.1
BB/9	1.8	1.2

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Jesús Luzardo	Chris Sale
G	7	13
GS	5	9
IP	27.1	46.2
W	0	1
SV	0	0
SO	30	66
BB	6	14
ERA	4.28	5.79
WHIP	1.24	1.33
K/9	9.9	12.7
BB/9	2.0	2.7

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jesús Luzardo	Chris Sale
G	30	27
GS	29	27
IP	179.2	162.2
W	14	14
SO	221	200
ERA	2.96	2.16
FIP	2.78	2.29
WHIP	1.08	0.98
K/9	11.1	11.1
BB/9	2.6	1.7
FIP−	66	55
WAR	5.3	5.6

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	Jesús Luzardo	Chris Sale
G	167	420
GS	150	339
IP	875.1	2,246.2
W	55	159
L	46	97
SV	2	12
SO	996	2,779
BB	289	518
ERA	3.94	2.95
WHIP	1.21	1.04
K/9	10.2	11.1
BB/9	3.0	2.1
HR/9	1.0	0.9
WAR	18.0	60.0

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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.