MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Carmen Mlodzinski
Carmen Mlodzinski
PIT · 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); Carmen Mlodzinski wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
95.0
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
9.6%
Chris Sale
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
18.6%
Chris Sale
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
30.4%
Chris Sale
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
46.2%
Chris Sale
33.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
7.2%
Chris Sale
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
.339
Chris Sale
.277
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
25.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.76
4.64
Chris Sale
25.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
.9001.61
now 1.42
1.38
Chris Sale
.9001.61
now 0.94
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
4096.40
now 46
39
Chris Sale
4096.40
now 80
59
Winshigher is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
.00010.40
now 4
25
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellCarmen Mlodzinski — sell.conf 0.80
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
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