MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
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Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lake Bachar.

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

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

Lake Bachar wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Paul Blackburn wins 1 (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
Paul Blackburn
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
15.0%
Paul Blackburn
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
26.5%
Paul Blackburn
16.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
30.2%
Paul Blackburn
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
40.2%
Paul Blackburn
33.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
6.3%
Paul Blackburn
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lake Bachar
.272
Paul Blackburn
.297
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
Lake Bachar
3.113.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.65
Paul Blackburn
3.113.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Lake Bachar
.9001.61
now 1.01
1.24
Paul Blackburn
.9001.61
now 1.44
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lake Bachar
4041.20
now 32
34
Paul Blackburn
4041.20
now 16
20
Winshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.0005.60
now 0
00
Paul Blackburn
.0005.60
now 2
14

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeLake Bachar — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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