MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Jose Quintana
COL · 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); Jose Quintana 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
Jose Quintana
89.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Jose Quintana
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Jose Quintana
.343
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
26.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Jose Quintana
26.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.28
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.74
now 0.94
1.13
Jose Quintana
.9001.74
now 1.51
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40104
now 80
59
Jose Quintana
40104
now 20
29
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Jose Quintana
.00010.80
now 2
13

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

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