MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Banda
Anthony Banda
MIN · P
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Portrait of Craig Kimbrel
Craig Kimbrel
TB · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Craig Kimbrel.

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

Craig Kimbrel 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
Craig Kimbrel
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
12.0%
Craig Kimbrel
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
21.2%
Craig Kimbrel
22.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
27.1%
Craig Kimbrel
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
39.0%
Craig Kimbrel
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
7.0%
Craig Kimbrel
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Banda
.325
Craig Kimbrel
.326
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
2.936.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.73
Craig Kimbrel
2.936.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Banda
1.161.52
now 1.24
1.25
Craig Kimbrel
1.161.52
now 1.44
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Banda
4038
now 21
18
Craig Kimbrel
4038
now 17
32
Winshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0001.48
now 1
01
Craig Kimbrel
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0003.40
now 1
02
Craig Kimbrel
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Banda — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCraig Kimbrel — hold.conf 0.50
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