MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
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Portrait of Ryan Zeferjahn
Ryan Zeferjahn
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Zeferjahn.

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

Ryan Zeferjahn wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Anthony Bender wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Bender
96.8
Ryan Zeferjahn
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
9.7%
Ryan Zeferjahn
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
29.3%
Ryan Zeferjahn
32.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
26.1%
Ryan Zeferjahn
23.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
33.3%
Ryan Zeferjahn
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.1%
Ryan Zeferjahn
6.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.254
Ryan Zeferjahn
.273
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
2.026.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.67
Ryan Zeferjahn
2.026.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
3.08
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9001.57
now 0.93
1.24
Ryan Zeferjahn
.9001.57
now 1.39
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4037.60
now 25
18
Ryan Zeferjahn
4037.60
now 32
22
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0002.80
now 1
01
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0002.40
now 1
01
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
BuyRyan Zeferjahn — buy.conf 0.91
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