MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Matthew Boyd
CHC · 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); Matthew Boyd 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
Matthew Boyd
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Matthew Boyd
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Matthew Boyd
22.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Matthew Boyd
32.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Matthew Boyd
41.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Matthew Boyd
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Matthew Boyd
.323
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
27.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Matthew Boyd
27.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.43
now 0.94
1.13
Matthew Boyd
.9001.43
now 1.29
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4099.60
now 80
59
Matthew Boyd
4099.60
now 31
51
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Matthew Boyd
.00010.40
now 2
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
SellMatthew Boyd — sell.conf 0.65
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