MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Emmet Sheehan
Emmet Sheehan
LAD · 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); Emmet Sheehan 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
Emmet Sheehan
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Emmet Sheehan
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Emmet Sheehan
26.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Emmet Sheehan
35.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Emmet Sheehan
38.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Emmet Sheehan
9.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Emmet Sheehan
.301
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
25.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Emmet Sheehan
25.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.79
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.35
now 0.94
1.13
Emmet Sheehan
.9001.35
now 1.16
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4092
now 80
59
Emmet Sheehan
4092
now 62
50
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Emmet Sheehan
.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
BuyEmmet Sheehan — buy.conf 0.69
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