MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Garrett Whitlock
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Garrett Whitlock.

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

Garrett Whitlock 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
Garrett Whitlock
94.9
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
16.4%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
27.6%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
41.8%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
34.6%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
3.8%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
.261
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
Garrett Whitlock
2.764.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.05
3.69
Richard Lovelady
2.764.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Garrett Whitlock
.9002.01
now 1.11
1.24
Richard Lovelady
.9002.01
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
4031.60
now 26
21
Richard Lovelady
4031.60
now 21
16
Winshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
.0005.20
now 3
14
Richard Lovelady
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
.0005.60
now 0
0
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGarrett Whitlock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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