MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
Change to
Javier Assad
CHC · 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.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Bender
96.8
Javier Assad
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
9.7%
Javier Assad
6.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
29.3%
Javier Assad
16.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
26.1%
Javier Assad
22.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
33.3%
Javier Assad
48.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.1%
Javier Assad
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.254
Javier Assad
.331
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
2.446.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.67
Javier Assad
2.446.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9001.42
now 0.93
1.24
Javier Assad
.9001.42
now 1.27
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4030.60
now 25
17
Javier Assad
4030.60
now 14
18
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0007
now 1
01
Javier Assad
.0007
now 3
25
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0002.40
now 1
01
Javier Assad
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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