MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Kris Bubic
KC · 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); Kris Bubic 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
Kris Bubic
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Kris Bubic
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Kris Bubic
24.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Kris Bubic
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Kris Bubic
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Kris Bubic
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Kris Bubic
.327
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
25.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Kris Bubic
25.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.11
4.39
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.60
now 0.94
1.13
Kris Bubic
.9001.60
now 1.23
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094.40
now 80
59
Kris Bubic
4094.40
now 51
44
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Kris Bubic
.00010.40
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Sell HighKris Bubic — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.82
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