MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Banda
Anthony Banda
MIN · P
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Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mark Leiter Jr..

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Mark Leiter Jr. wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Anthony Banda wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Banda
94.6
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
12.0%
Mark Leiter Jr.
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
21.2%
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
27.1%
Mark Leiter Jr.
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
39.0%
Mark Leiter Jr.
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
7.0%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Banda
.325
Mark Leiter Jr.
.316
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
3.026.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.73
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.026.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Banda
1.151.55
now 1.24
1.25
Mark Leiter Jr.
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Banda
4030.60
now 21
12
Mark Leiter Jr.
4030.60
now 25
14
Winshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0001.48
now 1
01
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0005.60
now 1
01
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Banda — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMark Leiter Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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