MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
Change to
Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · 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); Sam Hentges 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
Sam Hentges
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
14.6%
Sam Hentges
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
25.8%
Sam Hentges
24.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
29.2%
Sam Hentges
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
38.9%
Sam Hentges
30.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
9.7%
Sam Hentges
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lake Bachar
.299
Sam Hentges
.313
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
24.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.71
Sam Hentges
24.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Lake Bachar
.9001.79
now 1.01
1.27
Sam Hentges
.9001.79
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lake Bachar
4041.20
now 32
24
Sam Hentges
4041.20
now 9
18
Winshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.000.480
now 0
00
Sam Hentges
.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
Hold · wait & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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