MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 24, 2026
Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · P
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Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Fernando Cruz.

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

Fernando Cruz 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
Fernando Cruz
93.3
Richard Lovelady
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
17.4%
Richard Lovelady
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
30.1%
Richard Lovelady
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Fernando Cruz
28.6%
Richard Lovelady
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
23.0%
Richard Lovelady
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
5.4%
Richard Lovelady
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Fernando Cruz
.270
Richard Lovelady
.355
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
Fernando Cruz
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.67
Richard Lovelady
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Fernando Cruz
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
Fernando Cruz
4049
now 30
41
Richard Lovelady
4049
now 21
28
Winshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.4007.60
now 3
26
Richard Lovelady
.4007.60
now 2
24
Saveshigher is better
Fernando Cruz
.0009.80
now 0
0
Richard Lovelady
.0009.80
now 4
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighFernando Cruz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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