MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Luis Severino
Luis Severino
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 Severino 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 Severino
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Luis Severino
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Luis Severino
24.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Luis Severino
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Luis Severino
38.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Luis Severino
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Luis Severino
.318
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
25.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Luis Severino
25.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.16
4.21
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.68
now 0.94
1.13
Luis Severino
.9001.68
now 1.47
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4092.80
now 80
59
Luis Severino
4092.80
now 65
48
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Luis Severino
.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
Hold · leans sellLuis Severino — hold.conf 0.60
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