MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Michael Soroka
Michael Soroka
AZ · 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 Soroka 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 Soroka
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Michael Soroka
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Michael Soroka
23.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Michael Soroka
33.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Michael Soroka
34.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Michael Soroka
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Michael Soroka
.309
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
24.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Michael Soroka
24.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.25
4.01
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.30
now 0.94
1.13
Michael Soroka
.9001.30
now 1.20
1.19

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094
now 80
59
Michael Soroka
4094
now 60
45
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
110
now 8
48
Michael Soroka
110
now 7
38

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · steadyMichael Soroka — hold.conf 0.60
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