MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Keider Montero
Keider Montero
DET · 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); Keider Montero 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
Keider Montero
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Keider Montero
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Keider Montero
17.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Keider Montero
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Keider Montero
37.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Keider Montero
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Keider Montero
.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
24.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Keider Montero
24.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.69
3.50
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.29
now 0.94
1.13
Keider Montero
.9001.29
now 1.00
1.19

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4098.80
now 80
59
Keider Montero
4098.80
now 43
33
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Keider Montero
.00010.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
BuyKeider Montero — buy.conf 0.78
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