MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Griffin Canning
Griffin Canning
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); Griffin Canning 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
Griffin Canning
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Griffin Canning
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Griffin Canning
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Griffin Canning
25.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Griffin Canning
48.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Griffin Canning
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Griffin Canning
.341
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
Griffin Canning
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.16
4.68
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.79
now 0.94
1.13
Griffin Canning
.9001.79
now 1.55
1.45

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40101.20
now 80
59
Griffin Canning
40101.20
now 27
38
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
48
Griffin Canning
.00011.20
now 0
00

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

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