MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
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Portrait of Chase Shugart
Chase Shugart
PHI · 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 — strikeouts, ERA, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Anthony Bender wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Chase Shugart wins 1 (W); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Bender
96.8
Chase Shugart
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
9.7%
Chase Shugart
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
29.3%
Chase Shugart
27.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
26.1%
Chase Shugart
25.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
33.3%
Chase Shugart
37.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.1%
Chase Shugart
11.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.254
Chase Shugart
.325
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
24.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.67
Chase Shugart
24.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.33
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.24
Chase Shugart
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4030.60
now 25
20
Chase Shugart
4030.60
now 20
18
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0004.20
now 1
01
Chase Shugart
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0003.40
now 1
02
Chase Shugart
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeChase Shugart — hold.conf 0.50
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