MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Banda
Anthony Banda
MIN · P
Change to
Samy Natera Jr.
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Samy Natera Jr..

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

Samy Natera Jr. 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
Samy Natera Jr.
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
12.0%
Samy Natera Jr.
16.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
21.2%
Samy Natera Jr.
37.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
27.1%
Samy Natera Jr.
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
39.0%
Samy Natera Jr.
32.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
7.0%
Samy Natera Jr.
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Banda
.325
Samy Natera Jr.
.217
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
3.74
Samy Natera Jr.
27.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Banda
.9001.55
now 1.24
1.25
Samy Natera Jr.
.9001.55
now 0.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Banda
4038
now 21
15
Samy Natera Jr.
4038
now 3
28
Winshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0001.48
now 1
01
Samy Natera Jr.
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0002.40
now 1
01
Samy Natera Jr.
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Banda — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSamy Natera Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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