MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Lynch IV
Daniel Lynch IV
KC · P
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Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Daniel Lynch IV.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Daniel Lynch IV 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
Daniel Lynch IV
95.0
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
13.2%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
19.1%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
31.4%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
35.8%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
5.2%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
.287
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
Daniel Lynch IV
24.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.69
Richard Lovelady
24.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.9002.05
now 0.99
1.24
Richard Lovelady
.9002.05
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
4032.60
now 27
17
Richard Lovelady
4032.60
now 21
14
Winshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.0002.80
now 1
01
Richard Lovelady
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.0005.60
now 1
01
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighDaniel Lynch IV — 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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