MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Banda
Anthony Banda
MIN · P
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Portrait of Shawn Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong
CLE · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shawn Armstrong.

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

Shawn Armstrong wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Anthony Banda wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Banda
94.6
Shawn Armstrong
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
12.0%
Shawn Armstrong
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
21.2%
Shawn Armstrong
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Banda
27.1%
Shawn Armstrong
24.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
39.0%
Shawn Armstrong
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Banda
7.0%
Shawn Armstrong
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Banda
.325
Shawn Armstrong
.308
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
2.886.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.73
Shawn Armstrong
2.886.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Banda
1.171.40
now 1.24
1.25
Shawn Armstrong
1.171.40
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Banda
4026.60
now 21
13
Shawn Armstrong
4026.60
now 19
18
Winshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0001.48
now 1
01
Shawn Armstrong
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Banda
.0002.40
now 1
01
Shawn Armstrong
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Banda — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeShawn Armstrong — hold.conf 0.50
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