MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Portrait of Shane Drohan
Shane Drohan
MIL · P
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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); Shane Drohan 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
Shane Drohan
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Shane Drohan
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Shane Drohan
22.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Shane Drohan
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Shane Drohan
38.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
Shane Drohan
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
.361
Shane Drohan
.291
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
2.514.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
Shane Drohan
2.514.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.87
3.49
WHIPlower is better
Richard Lovelady
.9101.99
now 1.75
1.26
Shane Drohan
.9101.99
now 1.15
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
4049
now 21
23
Shane Drohan
4049
now 33
41
Winshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0005.20
now 2
13
Shane Drohan
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0007
now 4
35
Shane Drohan
.0007
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
BuyShane Drohan — buy.conf 0.78
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