MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Portrait of Ryan Rolison
Ryan Rolison
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Rolison.

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

Ryan Rolison 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
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Ryan Rolison
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Ryan Rolison
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Ryan Rolison
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Ryan Rolison
25.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Ryan Rolison
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
Ryan Rolison
5.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
.361
Ryan Rolison
.312
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
2.544.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
Ryan Rolison
2.544.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Richard Lovelady
1.041.95
now 1.75
1.26
Ryan Rolison
1.041.95
now 1.39
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
4026.60
now 21
17
Ryan Rolison
4026.60
now 16
12
Winshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0005.20
now 2
12
Ryan Rolison
.0005.20
now 3
24
Saveshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
24
Ryan Rolison
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Rolison — hold.conf 0.50
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