MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Chris Martin
Chris Martin
TEX · P
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Portrait of Sam Bachman
Sam Bachman
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sam Bachman.

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 n/a

Sam Bachman wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Chris Martin wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Martin
94.5
Sam Bachman
98.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
8.5%
Sam Bachman
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
13.6%
Sam Bachman
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Martin
32.2%
Sam Bachman
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
44.4%
Sam Bachman
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
11.1%
Sam Bachman
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Martin
.408
Sam Bachman
.288
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
Chris Martin
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.84
3.70
Sam Bachman
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.22
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Chris Martin
.9002.28
now 1.94
1.24
Sam Bachman
.9002.28
now 1.09
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Martin
4037.80
now 7
16
Sam Bachman
4037.80
now 29
19
Winshigher is better
Chris Martin
.0002.80
now 1
12
Sam Bachman
.0002.80
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Martin — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · wait & seeSam Bachman — hold.conf 0.50
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