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Lake Bachar

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 219 lb
Number: #71

Born: June 3, 1995 in Winfield, IL, United States
MLB debut: September 8, 2024
Drafted: 2016, round 5
College: Wisconsin-Whitewater
High school: Wheaton North

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dbWAR: .7
IP: 86.2
ERA: 3.43
FIP: 4.33
K/9: 9.7
FIP−: 103

Lake Bachar is a relief pitcher for the Miami Marlins. In 2026 he struck out 93 batters over 86.2 innings across 53 appearances, going 2-4. His ERA of 3.43 was 18.0% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 6th of 18 on his team, and 156th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.33 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 30.2% of swings (13.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.0%. His 0.5 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026 regular season.

FIP4.33

K/99.7

WHIP1.12

WAR.5

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2026	MIA/PIT	53	12	86.2	2	4	2	61	33	93	36	3.43	4.33	1.12	9.7	3.7	82	103	0.5
2025	MIA	53	1	71.0	8	2	3	55	31	75	30	3.93	4.25	1.20	9.5	3.8	94	102	0.3
2024	MIA	10	0	9.1	0	1	0	10	4	11	4	3.86	4.88	1.50	10.6	3.9	95	120	-0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	204	175	38	6	25	55	.217	.324	.360	.310	27.0%
vs RHB	154	138	23	7	11	38	.167	.235	.326	.250	24.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Lake Bachar throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	30.4%	440	94.4	2,713	44.5%	15.3%	99	.182	.668
Slider	22.4%	325	89.8	2,690	46.8%	40.9%	66	.197	.756
Curveball	20.4%	295	86.5	2,896	51.9%	39.5%	59	.169	.440
Sweeper	15.5%	224	86.7	3,058	45.1%	38.2%	55	.218	.604
Splitter	7.1%	103	84.2	1,659	35.0%	37.0%	20	.250	.718
Sinker	4.2%	61	93.1	2,677	39.3%	15.2%	14	—	—

Lake Bachar's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.