MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Banda
Anthony Banda
MIN · P
Change to
Philip Abner
SF · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Philip Abner.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — 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 n/a

Philip Abner wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Anthony Banda wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Banda
94.6
Philip Abner
90.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
12.0%
Philip Abner
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
21.2%
Philip Abner
9.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
27.1%
Philip Abner
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
39.0%
Philip Abner
36.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
7.0%
Philip Abner
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Banda
.325
Philip Abner
.382
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
2.108.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.74
Philip Abner
2.108.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.71
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Banda
.9001.41
now 1.24
1.25
Philip Abner
.9001.41
now 0.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Banda
4029
now 21
4
Philip Abner
4029
now 1
3
Winshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0001.48
now 1
00
Philip Abner
.0001.48
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Banda — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPhilip Abner — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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