MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Michael Lorenzen
Michael Lorenzen
COL · 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); Michael Lorenzen 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
Michael Lorenzen
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Michael Lorenzen
8.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Michael Lorenzen
15.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Michael Lorenzen
25.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Michael Lorenzen
46.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Michael Lorenzen
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Michael Lorenzen
.360
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Michael Lorenzen
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.22
5.11
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9002.28
now 0.94
1.13
Michael Lorenzen
.9002.28
now 1.90
1.51

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4098
now 80
59
Michael Lorenzen
4098
now 43
35
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Michael Lorenzen
.00010.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
SellMichael Lorenzen — sell.conf 0.90
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