MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trent Thornton.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Trent Thornton wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Richard Lovelady wins 2 (K, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Trent Thornton
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Trent Thornton
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Trent Thornton
12.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Trent Thornton
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Trent Thornton
45.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
Trent Thornton
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
.361
Trent Thornton
.338
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
24.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
Trent Thornton
24.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Richard Lovelady
.9002.10
now 1.75
1.26
Trent Thornton
.9002.10
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
4027
now 21
17
Trent Thornton
4027
now 6
12
Winshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0005.20
now 2
12
Trent Thornton
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
24
Trent Thornton
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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