MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Jared Jones
PIT · 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); Jared Jones 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
Jared Jones
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Jared Jones
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Jared Jones
28.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Jared Jones
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Jared Jones
37.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Jared Jones
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Jared Jones
.275
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Jared Jones
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.38
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9002.54
now 0.94
1.13
Jared Jones
.9002.54
now 2.08
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40109.60
now 80
59
Jared Jones
40109.60
now 6
45
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
48
Jared Jones
.00011.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · wait & seeJared Jones — hold.conf 0.50
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