MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Banda
Anthony Banda
MIN · P
Change to
Mike Paredes
MIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mike Paredes.

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

Mike Paredes 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
Mike Paredes
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
12.0%
Mike Paredes
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
21.2%
Mike Paredes
12.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
27.1%
Mike Paredes
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
39.0%
Mike Paredes
50.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
7.0%
Mike Paredes
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Banda
.325
Mike Paredes
.349
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
26.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.73
Mike Paredes
26.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Banda
1.171.43
now 1.24
1.25
Mike Paredes
1.171.43
now 1.36
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Banda
4038
now 21
14
Mike Paredes
4038
now 3
28
Winshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0001.48
now 1
01
Mike Paredes
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0002.40
now 1
01
Mike Paredes
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Banda — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighMike Paredes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.76
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