MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Banda
Anthony Banda
MIN · P
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Portrait of Jake Bird
Jake Bird
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Bird.

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

Jake Bird wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Anthony Banda wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Banda
94.6
Jake Bird
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
12.0%
Jake Bird
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
21.2%
Jake Bird
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
27.1%
Jake Bird
24.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
39.0%
Jake Bird
37.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
7.0%
Jake Bird
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Banda
.325
Jake Bird
.328
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
3.026.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.73
Jake Bird
3.026.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Banda
1.171.40
now 1.24
1.25
Jake Bird
1.171.40
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Banda
4029.60
now 21
22
Jake Bird
4029.60
now 20
24
Winshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.5202.48
now 1
12
Jake Bird
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0003.40
now 1
02
Jake Bird
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Banda — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJake Bird — hold.conf 0.50
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