Chris Sale or Shohei Ohtani

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News & Notes
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Chris Sale or Shohei Ohtani Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Chris Sale SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	9	11

Innings Pitched	55.0	67.0

Wins	5	8

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	46

Earned Runs	5	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	61	80

Walks	17	17

ERA	0.82	2.01

WHIP	0.82	0.94

Chris Sale or Shohei Ohtani Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Chris Sale SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	26

Games Started	22	26

Innings Pitched	116.3	156.7

Wins	8	11

Losses	5	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	90	130

Earned Runs	43	55

Home Runs Allowed	13	16

Strikeouts	134	188

Walks	36	41

ERA	3.33	3.13

WHIP	1.09	1.09

Chris Sale or Shohei Ohtani Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Chris Sale SP - ATL
News
	Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th	Chris Sale allowed two runs on six hits and three walks while striking out eight over five innings in Thursday's 10-2 win over the Red Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th
	Shohei Ohtani pitched six no-hit innings with four walks and seven strikeouts in the win over the Rockies. He also went 1-for-4 with a home run, a run scored and one RBI at the plate. Chase Davis Thu, May 28th	Chris Sale gave up just one run on four hits and no walks while striking out eight over seven innings in Wednesday's 9-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 21st
	Shohei Ohtani is in the Dodgers lineup on Wednesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	Chris Sale allowed one unearned run on five hits and two walks while striking out eight over six innings in Thursday's 2-0 loss to the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, May 15th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani was removed from Tuesday’s game out of precaution. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	Chris Sale allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits and no walks while striking out seven across seven innings in Friday's 3-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 9th
	Shohei Ohtani was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	Chris Sale allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out 11 over seven innings in Saturday's 9-1 win over the Rockies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 3rd
Notes
	There's no real debate at the top of 2026 fantasy drafts: In formats where he is considered one player, Shohei Ohtani remains the clear-cut 1.01 thanks to his unmatched two-way impact. Offensively, his 2026 projections again place him among the game's elite, with 45-plus home runs, triple-digit runs and RBI, and an on-base percentage north of .390 while continuing to anchor the Dodgers' lineup from the leadoff spot. The stolen base ceiling isn't what it was earlier in his career, but projected totals in the high teens still provide a valuable bonus atop his league-leading power and run production. What truly separates Ohtani, however, is his return as a full-time starting pitcher. His 2026 projections peg him as a top-tier arm, capable of delivering ace-level strikeout totals, strong ratios, and double-digit wins in one of baseball's best team contexts. Even with some workload management baked in, Ohtani's ability to provide elite value on both sides of the ball gives fantasy managers a structural advantage no other player can match. As long as he's healthy, Ohtani isn't just the safest pick in fantasy baseball; he's still redefining what roster construction can look like. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros	Chris Sale was absolutely cruising along in 2025, looking like a Cy Young candidate, before a fractured rib injury put him on the shelf from mid-June until the end of August. In 125 2/3 innings, he had a 2.58 ERA with 165 strikeouts and a 1.07 WHIP. His 32.4% strikeout rate and 5.16 K/BB rate remained elite, even in his age-36 season. It can be hard to trust power pitchers into their late 30s, but his return in August showed no lingering effects of the rib injury or indicated a pitcher on the decline. Sale is worthy of SP1 consideration, and fantasy managers can reasonably expect him to throw around 160+ innings at age 37. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros
	Aaron Judge is the best hitter on the planet, but Ohtani reigns supreme as the best fantasy baseball player in the land. Also, in leagues where Ohtani is two different players, one a batter, and one a pitcher, Ohtani would rank as a Tier 3 SP who can provide elite ratios, albeit with an unknown usage rate. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Chris Sale or Shohei Ohtani Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Chris Sale SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#112	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#202
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#219
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#215	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#203	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#88	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#149	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#155
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#76	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#117	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29	vs MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#165	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#324
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)	#413
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (2-1)	#424	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#170
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#203
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#61	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119	@ WSH	Zack Littell (4-4)	#169
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (2-4)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#107	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#140	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-1)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#24	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (2-4)	#26
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#114	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#86	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (2-3)	#257
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#85	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#190	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#208	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (3-0)	#31	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-5)	#189	vs CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#140
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#24
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#61	vs CHC	Ben Brown (2-2)	#52
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#420	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-1)	#77	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (4-4)	#35	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#141	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#57	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-2)	#204
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (0-1)	#191	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#203
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#158	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#88
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428	@ BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#97
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-1)	#7	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#324
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#170	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (1-1)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89	vs TOR	Austin Voth
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#420	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB			vs SF
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB			vs SF
Thu, Jun 18th				vs SF
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL			vs MIL
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN			@ SD
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN			@ SD
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN			@ SD
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD			@ SF
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH			vs STL
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH			vs STL
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD			vs STL
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD			vs NYM
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD			vs NYM
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD			vs NYM
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL			vs NYM
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL			@ PIT
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI			@ STL
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI			@ STL
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI			@ STL
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Jul 18th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI			vs SD
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI			vs SD
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI			vs SD
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#324
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (2-2)	#161
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-0)	#325
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#112
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN