MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Bryce Elder
Bryce Elder
ATL · 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); Bryce Elder wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryce Elder
92.6
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
10.7%
Chris Sale
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
20.5%
Chris Sale
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
29.0%
Chris Sale
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
40.5%
Chris Sale
33.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
6.2%
Chris Sale
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryce Elder
.308
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
Bryce Elder
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.50
3.98
Chris Sale
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Bryce Elder
.9001.46
now 1.08
1.31
Chris Sale
.9001.46
now 0.94
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryce Elder
4095.60
now 61
41
Chris Sale
4095.60
now 80
59
Winshigher is better
Bryce Elder
.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
Hold · steadyBryce Elder — hold.conf 0.60
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
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