MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Mike Burrows
Mike Burrows
HOU · P
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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); Mike Burrows 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
Mike Burrows
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Mike Burrows
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Mike Burrows
17.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Mike Burrows
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Mike Burrows
38.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Mike Burrows
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Mike Burrows
.336
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
26.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Mike Burrows
26.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
4.57
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.65
now 0.94
1.13
Mike Burrows
.9001.65
now 1.45
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094.40
now 80
59
Mike Burrows
4094.40
now 54
44
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
48
Mike Burrows
.00010.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · leans sellMike Burrows — hold.conf 0.60
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