MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Banda
Anthony Banda
MIN · P
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Portrait of Caleb Ferguson
Caleb Ferguson
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Caleb Ferguson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Anthony Banda’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Caleb Ferguson wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Anthony Banda wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Banda
94.6
Caleb Ferguson
92.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
12.0%
Caleb Ferguson
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
21.2%
Caleb Ferguson
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
27.1%
Caleb Ferguson
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
39.0%
Caleb Ferguson
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
7.0%
Caleb Ferguson
2.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Banda
.325
Caleb Ferguson
.286
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
Anthony Banda
27.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.73
Caleb Ferguson
27.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Banda
.9001.51
now 1.24
1.25
Caleb Ferguson
.9001.51
now 0.60
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Banda
4046.60
now 21
22
Caleb Ferguson
4046.60
now 6
35
Winshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0002.80
now 1
12
Caleb Ferguson
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0003.40
now 1
02
Caleb Ferguson
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Banda — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCaleb Ferguson — hold.conf 0.50
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