MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland
COL · 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); Kyle Freeland 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
Kyle Freeland
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Kyle Freeland
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Kyle Freeland
18.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Kyle Freeland
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Kyle Freeland
43.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Kyle Freeland
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Kyle Freeland
.360
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
Kyle Freeland
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.06
5.11
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9002.02
now 0.94
1.13
Kyle Freeland
.9002.02
now 1.71
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4096.80
now 80
59
Kyle Freeland
4096.80
now 43
38
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Kyle Freeland
.00010.80
now 1
11

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

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