MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Chris Sale
Chris Sale
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Chris Sale wins 2 (K, W); Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.0
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
14.9%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
28.9%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.2%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.7%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.9%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.283
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.279
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
23.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.31
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
23.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.22
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.22
now 0.94
1.14
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9001.22
now 1.00
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
49.2088.80
now 80
67
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
49.2088.80
now 69
58
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.60011.40
now 8
49
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.60011.40
now 5
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.84
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
Tweet