MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
Change to
Seth Johnson
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lake Bachar.

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

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

Lake Bachar wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Seth Johnson wins 1 (WHIP); 1 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
Seth Johnson
97.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
14.5%
Seth Johnson
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
25.4%
Seth Johnson
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
29.0%
Seth Johnson
22.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
38.1%
Seth Johnson
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
9.5%
Seth Johnson
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lake Bachar
.297
Seth Johnson
.315
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
2.826.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.67
Seth Johnson
2.826.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.79
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Lake Bachar
.9001.99
now 1.01
1.27
Seth Johnson
.9001.99
now 1.71
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lake Bachar
4042.40
now 32
23
Seth Johnson
4042.40
now 6
19
Winshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.000.480
now 0
00
Seth Johnson
.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 0.73
Buy LowSeth Johnson — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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