MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Davis Martin
Davis Martin
CWS · 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, and WHIP.

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

Chris Sale wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Davis Martin wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Davis Martin
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Davis Martin
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Davis Martin
21.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Davis Martin
33.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Davis Martin
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Davis Martin
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Davis Martin
.320
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
25.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Davis Martin
25.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
4.25
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.50
now 0.94
1.13
Davis Martin
.9001.50
now 0.99
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4092
now 80
59
Davis Martin
4092
now 71
50
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
2.409.60
now 8
48
Davis Martin
2.409.60
now 8
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · leans sellDavis Martin — hold.conf 0.60
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