MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Edward Cabrera
CHC · 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); Edward Cabrera 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
Edward Cabrera
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Edward Cabrera
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Edward Cabrera
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Edward Cabrera
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Edward Cabrera
42.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Edward Cabrera
11.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Edward Cabrera
.338
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
26.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Edward Cabrera
26.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.99
4.61
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.61
now 0.94
1.13
Edward Cabrera
.9001.61
now 1.42
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094
now 80
59
Edward Cabrera
4094
now 53
45
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Edward Cabrera
.00010.40
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
SellEdward Cabrera — sell.conf 0.79
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