MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
CIN · 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); Andrew Abbott wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.5
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.7%
Chris Sale
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
18.6%
Chris Sale
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
29.0%
Chris Sale
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
39.0%
Chris Sale
33.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
7.3%
Chris Sale
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.334
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
Andrew Abbott
25.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.53
Chris Sale
25.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
.9001.64
now 1.44
1.41
Chris Sale
.9001.64
now 0.94
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4099.20
now 42
32
Chris Sale
4099.20
now 80
59
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.00010.40
now 4
24
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAndrew Abbott — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
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