MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole
NYY · 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, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Chris Sale wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Gerrit Cole wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Gerrit Cole
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Gerrit Cole
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Gerrit Cole
26.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Gerrit Cole
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Gerrit Cole
42.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Gerrit Cole
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Gerrit Cole
.282
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
24.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Gerrit Cole
24.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.30
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.30
now 0.94
1.13
Gerrit Cole
.9001.30
now 0.71
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40107.20
now 80
59
Gerrit Cole
40107.20
now 12
41
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Gerrit Cole
.00010.80
now 1
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
BuyGerrit Cole — buy.conf 0.84
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