MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Cristopher Sánchez
Cristopher Sánchez
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chris Sale.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — WHIP and wins.

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

Chris Sale wins 2 categories (WHIP, W); Cristopher Sánchez wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.0
Cristopher Sánchez
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
14.8%
Cristopher Sánchez
16.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.0%
Cristopher Sánchez
27.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.4%
Cristopher Sánchez
38.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.5%
Cristopher Sánchez
43.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
6.0%
Cristopher Sánchez
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.289
Cristopher Sánchez
.279
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
Chris Sale
24.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.43
Cristopher Sánchez
24.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.47
3.19
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.28
now 0.94
1.17
Cristopher Sánchez
.9001.28
now 1.12
1.18

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
64.20103.80
now 80
73
Cristopher Sánchez
64.20103.80
now 95
73
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.20012.80
now 8
510
Cristopher Sánchez
.20012.80
now 6
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.80
BuyCristopher Sánchez — buy.conf 0.87
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