MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Cole Sulser
TB · P
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Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cole Sulser.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cole Sulser wins 3 categories (WHIP, W, SV); Lake Bachar wins 2 (K, ERA).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Sulser
92.2
Lake Bachar
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
13.6%
Lake Bachar
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
24.3%
Lake Bachar
27.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
35.7%
Lake Bachar
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
40.7%
Lake Bachar
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
13.0%
Lake Bachar
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Sulser
.336
Lake Bachar
.278
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
Cole Sulser
2.425.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
3.73
Lake Bachar
2.425.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.16
WHIPlower is better
Cole Sulser
.9001.75
now 1.54
1.24
Lake Bachar
.9001.75
now 1.01
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Sulser
4038
now 18
17
Lake Bachar
4038
now 32
27
Winshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.0001.48
now 1
11
Lake Bachar
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.0004.40
now 2
13
Lake Bachar
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Sulser — hold.conf 0.55
BuyLake Bachar — buy.conf 0.88
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