MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Ian Seymour
Ian Seymour
TB · P
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Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ian Seymour.

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

Ian Seymour wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Richard Lovelady wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ian Seymour
91.6
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
14.3%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
28.1%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
33.3%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ian Seymour
37.6%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ian Seymour
9.5%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ian Seymour
.292
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
Ian Seymour
2.875.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.55
Richard Lovelady
2.875.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Ian Seymour
1.041.95
now 1.28
1.24
Richard Lovelady
1.041.95
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ian Seymour
4038
now 32
21
Richard Lovelady
4038
now 21
17
Winshigher is better
Ian Seymour
.2003.80
now 3
13
Richard Lovelady
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Ian Seymour
.0005.40
now 2
12
Richard Lovelady
.0005.40
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyIan Seymour — buy.conf 0.77
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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