MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Mears
Nick Mears
KC · 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); Nick Mears wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Bender
96.8
Nick Mears
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
9.7%
Nick Mears
8.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
29.3%
Nick Mears
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
26.1%
Nick Mears
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
33.3%
Nick Mears
50.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.1%
Nick Mears
12.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.254
Nick Mears
.382
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
2.745.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.66
Nick Mears
2.745.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9001.73
now 0.93
1.24
Nick Mears
.9001.73
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4030.60
now 25
25
Nick Mears
4030.60
now 15
23
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0005.20
now 1
12
Nick Mears
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0003.40
now 1
02
Nick Mears
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeNick Mears — hold.conf 0.50
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