MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Janson Junk
Janson Junk
MIA · 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); Janson Junk 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
Janson Junk
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Janson Junk
8.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Janson Junk
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Janson Junk
28.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Janson Junk
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Janson Junk
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Janson Junk
.310
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
25.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Janson Junk
25.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.80
4.04
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.49
now 0.94
1.13
Janson Junk
.9001.49
now 1.30
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4098.80
now 80
59
Janson Junk
4098.80
now 43
33
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Janson Junk
.00010.40
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · steadyJanson Junk — hold.conf 0.60
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