MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Mears
Nick Mears
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); Nick Mears 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
Nick Mears
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
14.7%
Nick Mears
8.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
26.0%
Nick Mears
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
29.6%
Nick Mears
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
40.8%
Nick Mears
50.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
8.8%
Nick Mears
12.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lake Bachar
.283
Nick Mears
.382
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
2.565.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.29
Nick Mears
2.565.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Lake Bachar
.9001.70
now 1.01
1.27
Nick Mears
.9001.70
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lake Bachar
4038.80
now 32
32
Nick Mears
4038.80
now 15
21
Winshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.0004.20
now 0
00
Nick Mears
.0004.20
now 2
13

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

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