MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Max Meyer
Max Meyer
MIA · 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); Max Meyer 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
Max Meyer
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Max Meyer
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Max Meyer
26.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Max Meyer
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Max Meyer
42.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Max Meyer
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Max Meyer
.304
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
24.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Max Meyer
24.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.97
3.87
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.39
now 0.94
1.13
Max Meyer
.9001.39
now 1.10
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4091.60
now 80
59
Max Meyer
4091.60
now 74
51
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
48
Max Meyer
.00010.40
now 5
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Sell HighMax Meyer — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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