MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Joe Ryan
Joe Ryan
MIN · P
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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, and wins.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Joe Ryan
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Joe Ryan
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Joe Ryan
27.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Joe Ryan
32.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Joe Ryan
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Joe Ryan
11.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Joe Ryan
.290
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
24.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Joe Ryan
24.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.50
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.21
now 0.94
1.13
Joe Ryan
.9001.21
now 0.97
1.12

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
43.6090.40
now 80
59
Joe Ryan
43.6090.40
now 79
54
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Joe Ryan
.00010.40
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
BuyJoe Ryan — buy.conf 0.78
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