MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · 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); Jacob Lopez 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
Jacob Lopez
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Jacob Lopez
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Jacob Lopez
17.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Jacob Lopez
25.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Jacob Lopez
31.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Jacob Lopez
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Jacob Lopez
.304
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Jacob Lopez
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.87
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9002.20
now 0.94
1.13
Jacob Lopez
.9002.20
now 1.84
1.54

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4097.60
now 80
59
Jacob Lopez
4097.60
now 38
36
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Jacob Lopez
.00010.40
now 4
25

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

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