MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Grant Holmes
Grant Holmes
ATL · 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); Grant Holmes 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
Grant Holmes
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Grant Holmes
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Grant Holmes
19.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Grant Holmes
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Grant Holmes
43.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Grant Holmes
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Grant Holmes
.333
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
25.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Grant Holmes
25.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.95
4.51
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.57
now 0.94
1.13
Grant Holmes
.9001.57
now 1.33
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094
now 80
59
Grant Holmes
4094
now 53
45
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Grant Holmes
.00010.40
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Sell HighGrant Holmes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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