MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Bailey Ober
Bailey Ober
MIN · 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); Bailey Ober wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bailey Ober
88.3
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bailey Ober
9.5%
Chris Sale
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bailey Ober
17.5%
Chris Sale
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bailey Ober
28.6%
Chris Sale
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bailey Ober
32.7%
Chris Sale
33.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bailey Ober
9.3%
Chris Sale
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bailey Ober
.323
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
Bailey Ober
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.31
Chris Sale
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Bailey Ober
.9001.46
now 1.22
1.31
Chris Sale
.9001.46
now 0.94
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bailey Ober
4097.20
now 46
37
Chris Sale
4097.20
now 80
59
Winshigher is better
Bailey Ober
110
now 6
36
Chris Sale
110
now 8
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBailey Ober — sell.conf 0.65
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
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