MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Harrison
Kyle Harrison
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Chris Sale wins 2 (K, W); Kyle Harrison wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.0
Kyle Harrison
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
14.8%
Kyle Harrison
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.0%
Kyle Harrison
29.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.4%
Kyle Harrison
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.5%
Kyle Harrison
36.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
6.0%
Kyle Harrison
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.289
Kyle Harrison
.277
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
24.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.43
Kyle Harrison
24.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.57
3.14
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.26
now 0.94
1.17
Kyle Harrison
.9001.26
now 1.03
1.12

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
5288
now 80
73
Kyle Harrison
5288
now 61
60
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
1.6012.40
now 8
510
Kyle Harrison
1.6012.40
now 6
49

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.80
BuyKyle Harrison — buy.conf 0.89
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