MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · 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); Anthony Kay wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Kay
95.8
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.9%
Chris Sale
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.6%
Chris Sale
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
33.1%
Chris Sale
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.5%
Chris Sale
33.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.8%
Chris Sale
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.346
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
Anthony Kay
25.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.79
Chris Sale
25.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
.9001.58
now 1.40
1.38
Chris Sale
.9001.58
now 0.94
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4098.40
now 42
34
Chris Sale
4098.40
now 80
59
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
110
now 5
35
Chris Sale
110
now 8
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.87
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
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