MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Garrett Crochet
BOS · 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); Garrett Crochet 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
Garrett Crochet
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Garrett Crochet
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Garrett Crochet
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Garrett Crochet
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Garrett Crochet
45.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Garrett Crochet
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Garrett Crochet
.344
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
28.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Garrett Crochet
28.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.30
4.19
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.68
now 0.94
1.13
Garrett Crochet
.9001.68
now 1.47
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4097.20
now 80
59
Garrett Crochet
4097.20
now 37
55
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
110
now 8
48
Garrett Crochet
110
now 3
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · wait & seeGarrett Crochet — hold.conf 0.55
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