MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Banda
Anthony Banda
MIN · P
Change to
Julian Garcia
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Julian Garcia.

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

Julian Garcia 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
Julian Garcia
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
12.0%
Julian Garcia
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
21.2%
Julian Garcia
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
27.1%
Julian Garcia
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
39.0%
Julian Garcia
30.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
7.0%
Julian Garcia
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Banda
.325
Julian Garcia
.266
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
3.026.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.73
Julian Garcia
3.026.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Banda
1.131.32
now 1.24
1.25
Julian Garcia
1.131.32
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Banda
4035.20
now 21
12
Julian Garcia
4035.20
now 3
26
Winshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0001.48
now 1
01
Julian Garcia
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0002.40
now 1
01
Julian Garcia
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Banda — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJulian Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
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