MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · 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); Eric Lauer 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
Eric Lauer
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Eric Lauer
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Eric Lauer
15.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Eric Lauer
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Eric Lauer
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Eric Lauer
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Eric Lauer
.340
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
27.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Eric Lauer
27.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.66
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.57
now 0.94
1.13
Eric Lauer
.9001.57
now 1.39
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40100
now 80
59
Eric Lauer
40100
now 30
35
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Eric Lauer
.00010.80
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.81
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