MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly
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

Kevin Kelly.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kevin Kelly
93.1
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kevin Kelly
9.3%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kevin Kelly
21.6%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kevin Kelly
32.6%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kevin Kelly
45.5%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kevin Kelly
6.7%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kevin Kelly
.304
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
Kevin Kelly
2.234.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.67
3.71
Richard Lovelady
2.234.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Kevin Kelly
.9002.13
now 0.81
1.23
Richard Lovelady
.9002.13
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kevin Kelly
4026.60
now 19
12
Richard Lovelady
4026.60
now 21
15
Winshigher is better
Kevin Kelly
.2003.80
now 3
13
Richard Lovelady
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Kevin Kelly
.0005.40
now 2
12
Richard Lovelady
.0005.40
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighKevin Kelly — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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