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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

dbWAR: .6
IP: 85.0
ERA: 3.49
FIP: 4.44
K/9: 9.4
FIP−: 106

Lake Bachar is a relief pitcher for the Miami Marlins. In 2026 he struck out 89 batters over 85.0 innings across 52 appearances, going 1-4. His ERA of 3.49 is 16.4% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 8th of 18 on his team, and 166th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.44 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 29.7% of swings (13.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.3%. His 0.3 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.

FIP4.44

K/99.4

WHIP1.14

WAR.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	MIA/PIT	52	12	85.0	1	4	2	61	33	89	36	3.49	4.44	1.14	9.4	3.8	84	106	0.3
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	200	171	38	6	25	52	.222	.330	.368	.316	26.0%
vs RHB	152	136	23	7	11	37	.169	.238	.331	.254	24.3%

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%	432	94.4	2,713	44.7%	15.0%	97	.186	.681
Slider	22.4%	318	89.7	2,689	46.5%	40.2%	65	.200	.767
Curveball	19.9%	283	86.4	2,893	50.9%	38.6%	56	.179	.462
Sweeper	15.6%	222	86.7	3,059	45.0%	38.2%	55	.218	.604
Splitter	7.3%	103	84.2	1,659	35.0%	37.0%	20	.250	.718
Sinker	4.3%	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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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Drew AndersonDET

ERA: 3.67
FIP: 4.28
SO: 114
WAR: 0.6

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ERA: 3.66
FIP: 4.31
SO: 94
WAR: 0.4

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ERA: 3.18
FIP: 4.26
SO: 72
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Grant AndersonMIL

ERA: 3.36
FIP: 4.32
SO: 52
WAR: 0.3

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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.