MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
MIN · P
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Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

A.J. Minter.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

A.J. Minter wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Richard Lovelady wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
A.J. Minter
93.4
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
12.7%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
22.0%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
32.6%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
33.9%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
8.3%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
A.J. Minter
.280
Richard Lovelady
.363
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
A.J. Minter
25.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Richard Lovelady
25.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
A.J. Minter
.9002.11
now 0.86
1.24
Richard Lovelady
.9002.11
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
A.J. Minter
4027.80
now 5
9
Richard Lovelady
4027.80
now 21
4
Winshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0002.80
now 0
00
Richard Lovelady
.0002.80
now 2
01
Saveshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0005.60
now 0
0
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighA.J. Minter — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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