MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Luis Morales
ATH · 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 Morales 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 Morales
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Luis Morales
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Luis Morales
15.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Luis Morales
27.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Luis Morales
42.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Luis Morales
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Luis Morales
.419
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
Luis Morales
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 14.46
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9002.55
now 0.94
1.13
Luis Morales
.9002.55
now 3.11
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40109.20
now 80
59
Luis Morales
40109.20
now 7
28
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
48
Luis Morales
.00011.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · wait & seeLuis Morales — hold.conf 0.55
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