MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Grayson Rodriguez
Grayson Rodriguez
LAA · 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); Grayson Rodriguez 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
Grayson Rodriguez
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Grayson Rodriguez
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Grayson Rodriguez
16.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Grayson Rodriguez
25.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Grayson Rodriguez
54.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Grayson Rodriguez
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Grayson Rodriguez
.411
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Grayson Rodriguez
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.53
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.96
now 0.94
1.13
Grayson Rodriguez
.9001.96
now 1.67
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40106.40
now 80
59
Grayson Rodriguez
40106.40
now 14
47
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Grayson Rodriguez
.00010.40
now 2
37

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

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