MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Dean Kremer
BAL · 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); Dean Kremer 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
Dean Kremer
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Dean Kremer
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Dean Kremer
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Dean Kremer
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Dean Kremer
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Dean Kremer
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Dean Kremer
.340
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
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Dean Kremer
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.46
now 0.94
1.13
Dean Kremer
.9001.46
now 0.91
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40105.60
now 80
59
Dean Kremer
40105.60
now 16
51
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
48
Dean Kremer
.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 0.88
Hold · wait & seeDean Kremer — hold.conf 0.50
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