MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Hurt
Kyle Hurt
LAD · P
Change to
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Hurt.

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

Kyle Hurt 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
Kyle Hurt
96.5
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Hurt
18.4%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Hurt
28.5%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Hurt
29.5%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Hurt
40.9%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Hurt
7.5%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Hurt
.296
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
Kyle Hurt
24.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.00
3.70
Richard Lovelady
24.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Hurt
.9002.14
now 0.78
1.24
Richard Lovelady
.9002.14
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Hurt
4026.60
now 21
16
Richard Lovelady
4026.60
now 21
14
Winshigher is better
Kyle Hurt
.0002.80
now 1
01
Richard Lovelady
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Kyle Hurt
.0005.60
now 1
01
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKyle Hurt — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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