MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Portrait of Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia
BAL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Rico Garcia.

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

Rico Garcia 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
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Rico Garcia
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Rico Garcia
17.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Rico Garcia
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Rico Garcia
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Rico Garcia
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
Rico Garcia
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
.361
Rico Garcia
.273
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
Richard Lovelady
24.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
Rico Garcia
24.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Richard Lovelady
.9002.20
now 1.75
1.26
Rico Garcia
.9002.20
now 0.63
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
4033.60
now 21
19
Rico Garcia
4033.60
now 28
20
Winshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.2003.80
now 2
12
Rico Garcia
.2003.80
now 3
23
Saveshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.6005.40
now 4
24
Rico Garcia
.6005.40
now 3
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighRico Garcia — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
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