MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · 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); Jack Leiter 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
Jack Leiter
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Jack Leiter
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Jack Leiter
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Jack Leiter
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Jack Leiter
39.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Jack Leiter
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Jack Leiter
.336
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
25.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Jack Leiter
25.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.57
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.54
now 0.94
1.13
Jack Leiter
.9001.54
now 1.33
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
42.2090.80
now 80
59
Jack Leiter
42.2090.80
now 74
53
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Jack Leiter
.00010.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
SellJack Leiter — sell.conf 0.77
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