MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Clay Holmes
NYM · 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); Clay Holmes wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Clay Holmes
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Clay Holmes
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Clay Holmes
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Clay Holmes
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Clay Holmes
44.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Clay Holmes
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Clay Holmes
.306
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
Chris Sale
24.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Clay Holmes
24.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.39
3.93
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.49
now 0.94
1.13
Clay Holmes
.9001.49
now 1.10
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4095.60
now 80
59
Clay Holmes
4095.60
now 45
41
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Clay Holmes
.00010.40
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Sell HighClay Holmes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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