MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
Change to
PJ Poulin
WSH · 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 WHIP. PJ Poulin’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Anthony Bender wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); PJ Poulin 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
PJ Poulin
90.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
9.7%
PJ Poulin
6.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
29.3%
PJ Poulin
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
26.1%
PJ Poulin
23.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
33.3%
PJ Poulin
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.1%
PJ Poulin
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.254
PJ Poulin
.353
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
2.974.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.67
PJ Poulin
2.974.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9001.67
now 0.93
1.24
PJ Poulin
.9001.67
now 1.46
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4030.60
now 25
18
PJ Poulin
4030.60
now 18
15
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0004.20
now 1
01
PJ Poulin
.0004.20
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0003.40
now 1
01
PJ Poulin
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPJ Poulin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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