MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 24, 2026
Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · P
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Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Orion Kerkering.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Orion Kerkering wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Richard Lovelady wins 1 (SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
97.4
Richard Lovelady
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
11.1%
Richard Lovelady
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
26.2%
Richard Lovelady
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
30.5%
Richard Lovelady
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
22.7%
Richard Lovelady
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
5.3%
Richard Lovelady
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
.248
Richard Lovelady
.355
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
Orion Kerkering
2.044.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.69
Richard Lovelady
2.044.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Orion Kerkering
.9002
now 1.13
1.24
Richard Lovelady
.9002
now 1.75
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
4037.60
now 23
32
Richard Lovelady
4037.60
now 21
28
Winshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
.4007.60
now 3
26
Richard Lovelady
.4007.60
now 2
24
Saveshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
.0009.40
now 1
12
Richard Lovelady
.0009.40
now 4
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeOrion Kerkering — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
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