MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
Change to
Randy Dobnak
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Lake Bachar wins 1 (K); Randy Dobnak 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
94.7
Randy Dobnak
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
14.6%
Randy Dobnak
8.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
25.8%
Randy Dobnak
12.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
29.2%
Randy Dobnak
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
38.9%
Randy Dobnak
41.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
9.7%
Randy Dobnak
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lake Bachar
.299
Randy Dobnak
.344
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
3.384.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.71
Randy Dobnak
3.384.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Lake Bachar
.9002.05
now 1.01
1.27
Randy Dobnak
.9002.05
now 1.75
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lake Bachar
4044
now 32
24
Randy Dobnak
4044
now 2
18
Winshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.000.480
now 0
00
Randy Dobnak
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLake Bachar — buy.conf 0.72
Sell HighRandy Dobnak — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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