MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Eduardo Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez
AZ · 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); Eduardo Rodriguez 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
Eduardo Rodriguez
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Eduardo Rodriguez
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Eduardo Rodriguez
17.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Eduardo Rodriguez
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Eduardo Rodriguez
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Eduardo Rodriguez
9.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Eduardo Rodriguez
.341
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
25.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Eduardo Rodriguez
25.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.24
4.68
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.53
now 0.94
1.13
Eduardo Rodriguez
.9001.53
now 1.19
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4096.40
now 80
59
Eduardo Rodriguez
4096.40
now 52
39
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Eduardo Rodriguez
.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
Sell HighEduardo Rodriguez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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