MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · 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 Liberatore 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 Liberatore
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Matthew Liberatore
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Matthew Liberatore
21.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Matthew Liberatore
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Matthew Liberatore
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Matthew Liberatore
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Matthew Liberatore
.346
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
25.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Matthew Liberatore
25.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.79
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.72
now 0.94
1.13
Matthew Liberatore
.9001.72
now 1.50
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4095.60
now 80
59
Matthew Liberatore
4095.60
now 57
41
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Matthew Liberatore
.00010.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.87
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