MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
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Portrait of Tyler Alexander
Tyler Alexander
TEX · 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 WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Anthony Bender wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Tyler Alexander wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Bender
96.8
Tyler Alexander
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
9.7%
Tyler Alexander
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
29.3%
Tyler Alexander
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
26.1%
Tyler Alexander
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
33.3%
Tyler Alexander
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.1%
Tyler Alexander
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.254
Tyler Alexander
.282
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
2.903.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.67
Tyler Alexander
2.903.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.12
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9001.56
now 0.93
1.24
Tyler Alexander
.9001.56
now 1.38
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4030.60
now 25
19
Tyler Alexander
4030.60
now 21
15
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0001.48
now 1
01
Tyler Alexander
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0004.40
now 1
01
Tyler Alexander
.0004.40
now 2
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTyler Alexander — hold.conf 0.50
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