MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · 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); Kumar Rocker 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
Kumar Rocker
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Kumar Rocker
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Kumar Rocker
21.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Kumar Rocker
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Kumar Rocker
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Kumar Rocker
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Kumar Rocker
.329
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
25.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Kumar Rocker
25.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.42
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.50
now 0.94
1.13
Kumar Rocker
.9001.50
now 1.32
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4098
now 80
59
Kumar Rocker
4098
now 44
35
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Kumar Rocker
.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
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.70
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