MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Cody Bradford
TEX · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Chris Sale wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Cody Bradford wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Cody Bradford
88.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.2%
Cody Bradford
9.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.6%
Cody Bradford
11.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.9%
Cody Bradford
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
35.2%
Cody Bradford
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.9%
Cody Bradford
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Cody Bradford
.355
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
25.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.06
Cody Bradford
25.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.89
now 0.94
1.09
Cody Bradford
.9001.89
now 1.62
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40110
now 80
16
Cody Bradford
40110
now 5
17
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
12
Cody Bradford
.00011.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.91
Hold · wait & seeCody Bradford — hold.conf 0.50
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