MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Jacob deGrom
Jacob deGrom
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, and wins.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Jacob deGrom
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Jacob deGrom
17.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Jacob deGrom
29.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Jacob deGrom
35.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Jacob deGrom
45.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Jacob deGrom
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Jacob deGrom
.292
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
24.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.16
Jacob deGrom
24.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.48
3.53
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.21
now 0.94
1.13
Jacob deGrom
.9001.21
now 1.01
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
50.6088.40
now 80
60
Jacob deGrom
50.6088.40
now 78
59
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Jacob deGrom
.00010.40
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
BuyJacob deGrom — buy.conf 0.77
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