MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Kodai Senga
NYM · 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); Kodai Senga 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
Kodai Senga
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Kodai Senga
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Kodai Senga
25.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Kodai Senga
26.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Kodai Senga
38.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Kodai Senga
13.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Kodai Senga
.354
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
Kodai Senga
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9002.35
now 0.94
1.13
Kodai Senga
.9002.35
now 1.95
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40102.80
now 80
59
Kodai Senga
40102.80
now 23
43
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
48
Kodai Senga
.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 & seeKodai Senga — hold.conf 0.55
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