MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
NYM · P
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Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Anthony Bender.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Anthony Bender wins 3 categories (ERA, W, SV); A.J. Minter wins 1 (K); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
A.J. Minter
92.9
Anthony Bender
96.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
13.9%
Anthony Bender
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
23.3%
Anthony Bender
29.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
34.4%
Anthony Bender
26.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
36.4%
Anthony Bender
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
9.1%
Anthony Bender
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
A.J. Minter
.263
Anthony Bender
.254
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
A.J. Minter
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Anthony Bender
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.66
WHIPlower is better
A.J. Minter
.9001.39
now 0.86
1.24
Anthony Bender
.9001.39
now 0.93
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
A.J. Minter
4052.60
now 5
39
Anthony Bender
4052.60
now 25
21
Winshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0001.48
now 0
00
Anthony Bender
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0003.40
now 0
0
Anthony Bender
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighA.J. Minter — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
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