MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 25, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
Change to
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Anthony Bender.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and saves. Brad Lord’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Anthony Bender wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Brad Lord wins 2 (K, W).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Bender
96.8
Brad Lord
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
8.9%
Brad Lord
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
28.5%
Brad Lord
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
24.6%
Brad Lord
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
34.6%
Brad Lord
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.7%
Brad Lord
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.259
Brad Lord
.314
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 Bender
2.184.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.67
Brad Lord
2.184.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
3.93
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9001.39
now 0.93
1.24
Brad Lord
.9001.39
now 1.00
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4039.60
now 25
29
Brad Lord
4039.60
now 31
34
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0006.60
now 1
12
Brad Lord
.0006.60
now 3
25
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0003.40
now 1
12
Brad Lord
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighBrad Lord — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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