MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Lucas Giolito
Lucas Giolito
SD · 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, and WHIP.

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

Chris Sale wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Lucas Giolito wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Lucas Giolito
90.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Lucas Giolito
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Lucas Giolito
13.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Lucas Giolito
19.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Lucas Giolito
43.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Lucas Giolito
4.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Lucas Giolito
.357
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
26.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Lucas Giolito
26.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.97
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9002.06
now 0.94
1.13
Lucas Giolito
.9002.06
now 1.74
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40109.60
now 80
59
Lucas Giolito
40109.60
now 6
25
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Lucas Giolito
.00010.40
now 2
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · wait & seeLucas Giolito — hold.conf 0.50
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