MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
Change to
Matt Strahm
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Lake Bachar wins 2 (K, ERA); Matt Strahm wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Lake Bachar
94.7
Matt Strahm
91.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
14.7%
Matt Strahm
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
26.0%
Matt Strahm
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
29.6%
Matt Strahm
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
40.8%
Matt Strahm
38.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
8.8%
Matt Strahm
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lake Bachar
.283
Matt Strahm
.304
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Lake Bachar
3.064.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.29
Matt Strahm
3.064.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Lake Bachar
.9001.40
now 1.01
1.27
Matt Strahm
.9001.40
now 1.29
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lake Bachar
4038
now 32
31
Matt Strahm
4038
now 17
29
Winshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.0002.80
now 0
00
Matt Strahm
.0002.80
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLake Bachar — buy.conf 0.84
Hold · wait & seeMatt Strahm — hold.conf 0.50
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