MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 14, 2026
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
Change to
Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Lake Bachar wins 2 (K, ERA); Trent Thornton wins 2 (WHIP, 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
Trent Thornton
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
14.9%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
26.7%
Trent Thornton
11.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
29.8%
Trent Thornton
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
39.8%
Trent Thornton
45.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
8.6%
Trent Thornton
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lake Bachar
.279
Trent Thornton
.343
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
24.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.19
Trent Thornton
24.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Lake Bachar
.9001.41
now 1.01
1.26
Trent Thornton
.9001.41
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lake Bachar
4042.40
now 32
30
Trent Thornton
4042.40
now 6
15
Winshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.0007
now 0
00
Trent Thornton
.0007
now 2
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLake Bachar — buy.conf 0.87
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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