MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Colin Rea
Colin Rea
CHC · 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); Colin Rea 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
Colin Rea
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Colin Rea
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Colin Rea
17.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Colin Rea
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Colin Rea
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Colin Rea
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Colin Rea
.357
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
26.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Colin Rea
26.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.70
5.04
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.57
now 0.94
1.13
Colin Rea
.9001.57
now 1.37
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4096.40
now 80
59
Colin Rea
4096.40
now 49
39
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Colin Rea
.00010.40
now 5
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
SellColin Rea — sell.conf 0.90
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