MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of José Soriano
José Soriano
LAA · 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); José Soriano 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
José Soriano
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
José Soriano
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
José Soriano
24.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
José Soriano
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
José Soriano
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
José Soriano
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
José Soriano
.321
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
25.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
José Soriano
25.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.72
4.27
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.53
now 0.94
1.13
José Soriano
.9001.53
now 1.21
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4397
now 80
59
José Soriano
4397
now 85
55
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
110
now 8
48
José Soriano
110
now 6
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · leans sellJosé Soriano — hold.conf 0.60
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