MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Hunter Brown
HOU · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and wins.

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

Chris Sale wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Hunter Brown wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Hunter Brown
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Hunter Brown
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Hunter Brown
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Hunter Brown
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Hunter Brown
39.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Hunter Brown
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Hunter Brown
.297
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
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Hunter Brown
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.84
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.64
now 0.94
1.13
Hunter Brown
.9001.64
now 1.03
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40105.20
now 80
59
Hunter Brown
40105.20
now 17
63
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Hunter Brown
.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
BuyHunter Brown — buy.conf 0.73
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