MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Mick Abel
MIN · 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); Mick Abel 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
Mick Abel
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Mick Abel
14.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Mick Abel
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Mick Abel
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Mick Abel
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Mick Abel
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Mick Abel
.349
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
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Mick Abel
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.98
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.82
now 0.94
1.13
Mick Abel
.9001.82
now 1.57
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40102.80
now 80
59
Mick Abel
40102.80
now 23
42
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Mick Abel
.00010.80
now 1
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · wait & seeMick Abel — hold.conf 0.50
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