MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Chase Shugart
Chase Shugart
PHI · P
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Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chase Shugart.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chase Shugart
96.1
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
10.3%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
28.5%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
25.9%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chase Shugart
34.4%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chase Shugart
11.1%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chase Shugart
.321
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
Chase Shugart
24.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.33
3.70
Richard Lovelady
24.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Chase Shugart
.9002.08
now 0.93
1.24
Richard Lovelady
.9002.08
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chase Shugart
4026.60
now 20
13
Richard Lovelady
4026.60
now 21
14
Winshigher is better
Chase Shugart
.5202.48
now 2
12
Richard Lovelady
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Chase Shugart
.0005.60
now 0
0
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChase Shugart — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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