MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Ryan Zeferjahn
Ryan Zeferjahn
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Richard Lovelady wins 2 (WHIP, SV); Ryan Zeferjahn wins 2 (K, ERA); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Ryan Zeferjahn
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Ryan Zeferjahn
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Ryan Zeferjahn
33.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Ryan Zeferjahn
24.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Ryan Zeferjahn
35.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
Ryan Zeferjahn
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
.361
Ryan Zeferjahn
.268
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
26.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
Ryan Zeferjahn
26.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
2.96
WHIPlower is better
Richard Lovelady
1.061.95
now 1.75
1.26
Ryan Zeferjahn
1.061.95
now 1.39
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
4039.20
now 21
14
Ryan Zeferjahn
4039.20
now 32
18
Winshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.5202.48
now 2
12
Ryan Zeferjahn
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
23
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0005.60
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
BuyRyan Zeferjahn — buy.conf 0.92
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