MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Portrait of Ryne Stanek
Ryne Stanek
STL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryne Stanek.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Richard Lovelady’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryne Stanek 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
Ryne Stanek
98.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Ryne Stanek
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Ryne Stanek
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Ryne Stanek
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Ryne Stanek
36.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
Ryne Stanek
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
.361
Ryne Stanek
.322
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
Richard Lovelady
2.516.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
Ryne Stanek
2.516.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Richard Lovelady
1.051.96
now 1.75
1.26
Ryne Stanek
1.051.96
now 1.76
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
4036.40
now 21
14
Ryne Stanek
4036.40
now 30
19
Winshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0002.80
now 2
12
Ryne Stanek
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
23
Ryne Stanek
.0005.60
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyne Stanek — hold.conf 0.50
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