MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Huascar Brazobán
Huascar Brazobán
NYM · P
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Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Richard Lovelady.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and saves. Huascar Brazobán’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Huascar Brazobán
96.9
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Huascar Brazobán
12.7%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Huascar Brazobán
23.5%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Huascar Brazobán
31.7%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Huascar Brazobán
26.2%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Huascar Brazobán
2.3%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Huascar Brazobán
.262
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
Huascar Brazobán
24.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.86
2.84
Richard Lovelady
24.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Huascar Brazobán
.9002.06
now 0.97
1.34
Richard Lovelady
.9002.06
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Huascar Brazobán
4029.60
now 24
16
Richard Lovelady
4029.60
now 21
17
Winshigher is better
Huascar Brazobán
.2003.80
now 3
13
Richard Lovelady
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Huascar Brazobán
.0005.60
now 0
0
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyHuascar Brazobán — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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