MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Germán Márquez
SD · 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); Germán Márquez 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
Germán Márquez
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Germán Márquez
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Germán Márquez
16.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Germán Márquez
25.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Germán Márquez
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Germán Márquez
9.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Germán Márquez
.359
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
27.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Germán Márquez
27.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.76
5.09
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.65
now 0.94
1.13
Germán Márquez
.9001.65
now 1.45
1.45

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40104.40
now 80
59
Germán Márquez
40104.40
now 19
30
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
110
now 8
48
Germán Márquez
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
Sell HighGermán Márquez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
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