MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
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Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bryan King.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Bryan King wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Richard Lovelady wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
8.9%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
18.1%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
30.5%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
35.9%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.6%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.316
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 King
2.474.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.72
Richard Lovelady
2.474.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
1.051.95
now 1.30
1.25
Richard Lovelady
1.051.95
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4026.60
now 19
16
Richard Lovelady
4026.60
now 21
17
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.0002.80
now 0
00
Richard Lovelady
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.4007.60
now 6
36
Richard Lovelady
.4007.60
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBryan King — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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