MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of Jack Perkins
Jack Perkins
ATH · P
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Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jack Perkins.

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

Jack Perkins 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
Jack Perkins
96.1
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Perkins
13.9%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Perkins
27.2%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Perkins
35.4%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Perkins
37.9%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Perkins
6.3%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Perkins
.303
Richard Lovelady
.361
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Jack Perkins
2.556.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.46
3.75
Richard Lovelady
2.556.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Jack Perkins
.9901.97
now 1.21
1.25
Richard Lovelady
.9901.97
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Perkins
4042
now 33
36
Richard Lovelady
4042
now 21
25
Winshigher is better
Jack Perkins
.2003.80
now 2
23
Richard Lovelady
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Jack Perkins
.4007.60
now 3
25
Richard Lovelady
.4007.60
now 4
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJack Perkins — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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