MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Banda
Anthony Banda
MIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Fernando Cruz.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Banda
94.6
Fernando Cruz
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
12.0%
Fernando Cruz
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
21.2%
Fernando Cruz
28.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
27.1%
Fernando Cruz
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
39.0%
Fernando Cruz
23.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
7.0%
Fernando Cruz
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Banda
.325
Fernando Cruz
.276
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
Anthony Banda
26.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.73
Fernando Cruz
26.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.14
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Banda
1.171.48
now 1.24
1.25
Fernando Cruz
1.171.48
now 1.30
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Banda
4036.80
now 21
13
Fernando Cruz
4036.80
now 30
21
Winshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0004.20
now 1
01
Fernando Cruz
.0004.20
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0002.40
now 1
01
Fernando Cruz
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Banda — hold.conf 0.50
BuyFernando Cruz — buy.conf 0.89
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