MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of George Kirby
George Kirby
SEA · 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); George Kirby 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
George Kirby
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
George Kirby
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
George Kirby
21.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
George Kirby
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
George Kirby
42.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
George Kirby
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
George Kirby
.306
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
24.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
George Kirby
24.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.93
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.44
now 0.94
1.13
George Kirby
.9001.44
now 1.22
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4095.60
now 80
59
George Kirby
4095.60
now 59
41
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
George Kirby
.00010.40
now 5
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · leans buyGeorge Kirby — hold.conf 0.60
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