MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · 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); Dustin May 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
Dustin May
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Dustin May
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Dustin May
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Dustin May
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Dustin May
46.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Dustin May
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Dustin May
.308
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
25.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Dustin May
25.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.98
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.50
now 0.94
1.13
Dustin May
.9001.50
now 1.30
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4096.80
now 80
59
Dustin May
4096.80
now 51
38
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Dustin May
.00010.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.78
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