MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Alex Hoppe
Alex Hoppe
SEA · P
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Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Hoppe.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Lake Bachar’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Alex Hoppe wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Lake Bachar wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
97.7
Lake Bachar
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
13.6%
Lake Bachar
14.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
25.7%
Lake Bachar
25.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
28.3%
Lake Bachar
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
43.1%
Lake Bachar
38.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
2.8%
Lake Bachar
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
.307
Lake Bachar
.299
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
Alex Hoppe
2.846.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.84
3.70
Lake Bachar
2.846.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Alex Hoppe
.9001.75
now 1.54
1.24
Lake Bachar
.9001.75
now 1.01
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
4040
now 12
16
Lake Bachar
4040
now 32
24
Winshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
.000.480
now 0
00
Lake Bachar
.000.480
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAlex Hoppe — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
BuyLake Bachar — buy.conf 0.71
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