MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · P
Change to
Portrait of Yuki Matsui
Yuki Matsui
SD · 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. Yuki Matsui’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Lake Bachar wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Yuki Matsui 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
Yuki Matsui
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
14.5%
Yuki Matsui
18.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
25.4%
Yuki Matsui
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lake Bachar
29.0%
Yuki Matsui
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
38.1%
Yuki Matsui
30.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lake Bachar
9.5%
Yuki Matsui
9.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lake Bachar
.297
Yuki Matsui
.292
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
25.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.67
Yuki Matsui
25.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Lake Bachar
.9001.43
now 1.01
1.27
Yuki Matsui
.9001.43
now 0.87
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lake Bachar
4038.80
now 32
23
Yuki Matsui
4038.80
now 15
19
Winshigher is better
Lake Bachar
.000.480
now 0
00
Yuki Matsui
.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
Sell HighYuki Matsui — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.94
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