MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
Change to
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chris Sale.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.

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

Chris Sale wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Adrian Houser wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adrian Houser
95.5
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.4%
Chris Sale
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.2%
Chris Sale
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.3%
Chris Sale
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
41.9%
Chris Sale
33.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.3%
Chris Sale
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.349
Chris Sale
.277
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Adrian Houser
27.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.85
Chris Sale
27.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
.9001.81
now 1.56
1.37
Chris Sale
.9001.81
now 0.94
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
40100
now 35
30
Chris Sale
40100
now 80
59
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.00010.80
now 2
12
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.90
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
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