MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of MacKenzie Gore
MacKenzie Gore
TEX · 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); MacKenzie Gore 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
MacKenzie Gore
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
MacKenzie Gore
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
MacKenzie Gore
25.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
MacKenzie Gore
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
MacKenzie Gore
43.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
MacKenzie Gore
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
MacKenzie Gore
.308
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
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
MacKenzie Gore
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.96
3.98
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.47
now 0.94
1.13
MacKenzie Gore
.9001.47
now 1.19
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4092.40
now 80
59
MacKenzie Gore
4092.40
now 65
49
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
MacKenzie Gore
.00010.40
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · steadyMacKenzie Gore — hold.conf 0.60
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