MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Jake Irvin
WSH · 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); Jake Irvin 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
Jake Irvin
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Jake Irvin
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Jake Irvin
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Jake Irvin
25.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Jake Irvin
45.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Jake Irvin
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Jake Irvin
.349
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
26.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Jake Irvin
26.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.85
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.51
now 0.94
1.13
Jake Irvin
.9001.51
now 1.35
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094.80
now 80
59
Jake Irvin
4094.80
now 58
43
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Jake Irvin
.00010.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.90
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