MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Bryan Hudson
Bryan Hudson
CWS · P
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Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bryan Hudson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Bryan Hudson wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Richard Lovelady wins 1 (SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
92.0
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
11.6%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
22.2%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
24.0%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
34.8%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
3.8%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
.284
Richard Lovelady
.361
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
Bryan Hudson
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.26
3.67
Richard Lovelady
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Bryan Hudson
.9101.99
now 1.15
1.25
Richard Lovelady
.9101.99
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
4033.60
now 28
16
Richard Lovelady
4033.60
now 21
14
Winshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
.2003.80
now 3
13
Richard Lovelady
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
.0005.60
now 2
02
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBryan Hudson — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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