MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
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Portrait of Will Vest
Will Vest
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Will Vest.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Will Vest wins 3 categories (WHIP, W, SV); Lake Bachar wins 2 (K, ERA).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Lake Bachar
94.7
Will Vest
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
15.0%
Will Vest
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
27.1%
Will Vest
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
29.4%
Will Vest
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
39.5%
Will Vest
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
8.5%
Will Vest
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lake Bachar
.278
Will Vest
.307
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.18
Will Vest
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Lake Bachar
.9001.63
now 1.01
1.27
Will Vest
.9001.63
now 1.45
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lake Bachar
4037.60
now 32
27
Will Vest
4037.60
now 20
21
Winshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.0001.48
now 0
00
Will Vest
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.0002.40
now 0
0
Will Vest
.0002.40
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLake Bachar — buy.conf 0.88
Buy LowWill Vest — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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