MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
Change to
Travis Adams
MIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Travis Adams.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — 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

Travis Adams wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Richard Lovelady wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Travis Adams
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Travis Adams
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Travis Adams
28.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Travis Adams
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Travis Adams
28.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
Travis Adams
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
.361
Travis Adams
.325
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
Travis Adams
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.18
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Richard Lovelady
1.041.95
now 1.75
1.26
Travis Adams
1.041.95
now 1.55
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
4026.60
now 21
20
Travis Adams
4026.60
now 13
20
Winshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.2003.80
now 2
12
Travis Adams
.2003.80
now 1
13
Saveshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0006.60
now 4
25
Travis Adams
.0006.60
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTravis Adams — hold.conf 0.55
Tweet