MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
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Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lake Bachar.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Lake Bachar wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bryan King wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Lake Bachar
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
9.0%
Lake Bachar
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.9%
Lake Bachar
25.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.0%
Lake Bachar
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.2%
Lake Bachar
37.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.4%
Lake Bachar
9.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.311
Lake Bachar
.295
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
Bryan King
2.414.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.92
Lake Bachar
2.414.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.61
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
.9001.49
now 1.30
1.35
Lake Bachar
.9001.49
now 1.01
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4039.60
now 19
13
Lake Bachar
4039.60
now 32
19
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.000.480
now 0
00
Lake Bachar
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
25
Lake Bachar
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
BuyLake Bachar — buy.conf 0.75
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