MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Banda
Anthony Banda
MIN · P
Change to
Robby Ahlstrom
TEX · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Robby Ahlstrom.

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

Robby Ahlstrom 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
Robby Ahlstrom
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
12.0%
Robby Ahlstrom
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
21.2%
Robby Ahlstrom
15.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
27.1%
Robby Ahlstrom
28.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
39.0%
Robby Ahlstrom
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
7.0%
Robby Ahlstrom
3.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Banda
.325
Robby Ahlstrom
.322
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
27.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.73
Robby Ahlstrom
27.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Banda
.9001.75
now 1.24
1.25
Robby Ahlstrom
.9001.75
now 0.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Banda
4041.20
now 21
17
Robby Ahlstrom
4041.20
now 2
30
Winshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0001.48
now 1
01
Robby Ahlstrom
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0002.40
now 1
01
Robby Ahlstrom
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Banda — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRobby Ahlstrom — hold.conf 0.55
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