MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Luis Castillo
Luis Castillo
SEA · 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); Luis Castillo 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
Luis Castillo
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Luis Castillo
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Luis Castillo
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Luis Castillo
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Luis Castillo
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Luis Castillo
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Luis Castillo
.337
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
26.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Luis Castillo
26.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.53
4.59
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.65
now 0.94
1.13
Luis Castillo
.9001.65
now 1.45
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4092.40
now 80
59
Luis Castillo
4092.40
now 56
49
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Luis Castillo
.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
SellLuis Castillo — sell.conf 0.78
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