MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
Change to
Julian Garcia
CIN · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Bender
96.8
Julian Garcia
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
9.7%
Julian Garcia
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
29.3%
Julian Garcia
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
26.1%
Julian Garcia
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
33.3%
Julian Garcia
26.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.1%
Julian Garcia
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.254
Julian Garcia
.259
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
2.636.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.67
Julian Garcia
2.636.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.24
Julian Garcia
.9001.36
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4043.60
now 25
16
Julian Garcia
4043.60
now 3
32
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0001.48
now 1
01
Julian Garcia
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0002.40
now 1
01
Julian Garcia
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJulian Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
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