MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
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Portrait of Sam Bachman
Sam Bachman
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

John King.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

John King wins 2 categories (WHIP, SV); Sam Bachman wins 1 (K); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
John King
90.5
Sam Bachman
98.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
11.2%
Sam Bachman
14.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
20.8%
Sam Bachman
24.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
34.6%
Sam Bachman
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
36.6%
Sam Bachman
33.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
8.9%
Sam Bachman
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.282
Sam Bachman
.291
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
John King
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.68
Sam Bachman
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.22
3.68
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9001.46
now 0.72
1.24
Sam Bachman
.9001.46
now 1.09
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4034.60
now 20
18
Sam Bachman
4034.60
now 29
28
Winshigher is better
John King
.5202.48
now 1
12
Sam Bachman
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0003.40
now 1
02
Sam Bachman
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJohn King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.93
Hold · wait & seeSam Bachman — hold.conf 0.50
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