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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
91.8
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
12.0%
Chris Sale
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
27.0%
Chris Sale
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
34.3%
Chris Sale
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
34.5%
Chris Sale
33.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
7.8%
Chris Sale
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
.263
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 Woodruff
24.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.99
Chris Sale
24.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Woodruff
.9001.42
now 1.03
1.28
Chris Sale
.9001.42
now 0.94
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Woodruff
40102
now 25
35
Chris Sale
40102
now 80
59
Winshigher is better
Brandon Woodruff
.00010.40
now 2
24
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrandon Woodruff — hold.conf 0.50
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
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