MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
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Portrait of Trevor Richards
Trevor Richards
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trevor Richards.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Lake Bachar’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Trevor Richards wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Lake Bachar wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Lake Bachar
94.7
Trevor Richards
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
14.6%
Trevor Richards
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
25.8%
Trevor Richards
26.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
29.2%
Trevor Richards
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
38.9%
Trevor Richards
40.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
9.7%
Trevor Richards
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lake Bachar
.299
Trevor Richards
.285
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
2.936.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.73
Trevor Richards
2.936.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Lake Bachar
.9101.37
now 1.01
1.27
Trevor Richards
.9101.37
now 1.19
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lake Bachar
4039.20
now 32
24
Trevor Richards
4039.20
now 14
16
Winshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.000.480
now 0
00
Trevor Richards
.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 0.71
Hold · wait & seeTrevor Richards — hold.conf 0.50
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