MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
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Portrait of Taj Bradley
Taj Bradley
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); Taj Bradley 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
Taj Bradley
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Taj Bradley
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Taj Bradley
27.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Taj Bradley
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Taj Bradley
45.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Taj Bradley
9.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Taj Bradley
.303
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
24.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Taj Bradley
24.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
3.82
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.42
now 0.94
1.10
Taj Bradley
.9001.42
now 1.21
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4092.80
now 80
54
Taj Bradley
4092.80
now 65
48
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
38
Taj Bradley
.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 0.92
Hold · leans buyTaj Bradley — hold.conf 0.60
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