MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 29, 2026
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
PIT · P
Change to
Portrait of Peyton Gray
Peyton Gray
TEX · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Lake Bachar wins 1 (ERA); Peyton Gray wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Lake Bachar
94.4
Peyton Gray
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
13.6%
Peyton Gray
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
26.0%
Peyton Gray
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
28.6%
Peyton Gray
33.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
34.1%
Peyton Gray
34.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
7.6%
Peyton Gray
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lake Bachar
.285
Peyton Gray
.292
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
3.173.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.39
Peyton Gray
3.173.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
3.57
WHIPlower is better
Lake Bachar
.9001.42
now 1.01
1.27
Peyton Gray
.9001.42
now 1.30
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lake Bachar
4044.80
now 32
0
Peyton Gray
4044.80
now 18
0
Winshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.0001.48
now 0
0–0
Peyton Gray
.0001.48
now 1
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLake Bachar — buy.conf 0.81
BuyPeyton Gray — buy.conf 0.76
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