MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
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Portrait of Michael Petersen
Michael Petersen
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Anthony Bender.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Anthony Bender wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Michael Petersen wins 0 (none); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Bender
96.8
Michael Petersen
97.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
9.7%
Michael Petersen
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
29.3%
Michael Petersen
29.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
26.1%
Michael Petersen
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
33.3%
Michael Petersen
43.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.1%
Michael Petersen
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.254
Michael Petersen
.287
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
3.203.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.67
Michael Petersen
3.203.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.63
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.24
Michael Petersen
.9001.36
now 1.12
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4030.60
now 25
17
Michael Petersen
4030.60
now 23
16
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0001.48
now 1
01
Michael Petersen
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0002.40
now 1
01
Michael Petersen
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighMichael Petersen — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.77
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