MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Max Fried
NYY · 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, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Chris Sale wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Max Fried wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Max Fried
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Max Fried
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Max Fried
22.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Max Fried
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Max Fried
31.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Max Fried
1.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Max Fried
.247
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
23.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Max Fried
23.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.52
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.44
now 0.94
1.13
Max Fried
.9001.44
now 1.01
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4096
now 80
59
Max Fried
4096
now 50
40
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Max Fried
.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
BuyMax Fried — buy.conf 0.92
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