MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
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Portrait of Caleb Kilian
Caleb Kilian
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Caleb Kilian.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Caleb Kilian wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Anthony Bender wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Bender
96.8
Caleb Kilian
96.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
9.7%
Caleb Kilian
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
29.3%
Caleb Kilian
27.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
26.1%
Caleb Kilian
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
33.3%
Caleb Kilian
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.1%
Caleb Kilian
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.254
Caleb Kilian
.289
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
3.204.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.67
Caleb Kilian
3.204.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.81
3.45
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9001.49
now 0.93
1.24
Caleb Kilian
.9001.49
now 1.15
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4035
now 25
14
Caleb Kilian
4035
now 29
15
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0002.80
now 1
01
Caleb Kilian
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0004.40
now 1
01
Caleb Kilian
.0004.40
now 3
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowCaleb Kilian — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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