MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Emerson Hancock
Emerson Hancock
SEA · P
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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); Emerson Hancock 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
Emerson Hancock
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Emerson Hancock
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Emerson Hancock
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Emerson Hancock
26.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Emerson Hancock
43.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Emerson Hancock
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Emerson Hancock
.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
Emerson Hancock
25.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.80
4.25
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.26
now 0.94
1.13
Emerson Hancock
.9001.26
now 0.95
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094
now 80
59
Emerson Hancock
4094
now 70
45
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Emerson Hancock
.00010.40
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Sell HighEmerson Hancock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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