MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Portrait of Tejay Antone
Tejay Antone
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 0–0, 4 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Richard Lovelady wins 0 (none); Tejay Antone wins 0 (none); 4 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Tejay Antone
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
10.1%
Tejay Antone
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
18.2%
Tejay Antone
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
30.3%
Tejay Antone
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
28.2%
Tejay Antone
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
5.5%
Tejay Antone
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
.352
Tejay Antone
.301
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
2.665.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.76
Tejay Antone
2.665.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.19
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Richard Lovelady
.9101.99
now 1.75
1.26
Tejay Antone
.9101.99
now 1.15
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
4029.40
now 21
0
Tejay Antone
4029.40
now 7
0
Winshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0002.80
now 2
0–0
Tejay Antone
.0002.80
now 0
0–0

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTejay Antone — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
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