MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Jacob Misiorowski
Jacob Misiorowski
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Misiorowski.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.0
Jacob Misiorowski
100.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
14.8%
Jacob Misiorowski
18.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.0%
Jacob Misiorowski
39.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.4%
Jacob Misiorowski
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.5%
Jacob Misiorowski
34.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
6.0%
Jacob Misiorowski
3.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.289
Jacob Misiorowski
.224
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
3.43
Jacob Misiorowski
24.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.65
2.05
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.32
now 0.94
1.17
Jacob Misiorowski
.9001.32
now 0.79
0.94

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
59122
now 80
73
Jacob Misiorowski
59122
now 108
88
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.20012.80
now 8
510
Jacob Misiorowski
.20012.80
now 6
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.80
Sell HighJacob Misiorowski — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.82
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