MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Sproat
Brandon Sproat
MIL · 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); Brandon Sproat wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
96.7
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
11.5%
Chris Sale
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
24.1%
Chris Sale
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
25.6%
Chris Sale
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
43.2%
Chris Sale
33.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
8.9%
Chris Sale
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
.338
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
Brandon Sproat
27.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.24
4.61
Chris Sale
27.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Sproat
.9001.77
now 1.53
1.40
Chris Sale
.9001.77
now 0.94
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
4094
now 52
45
Chris Sale
4094
now 80
59
Winshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
.00010.80
now 1
11
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrandon Sproat — sell.conf 0.79
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
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