MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Tyler Wells
Tyler Wells
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Wells.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Tyler Wells
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Tyler Wells
15.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Tyler Wells
25.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Tyler Wells
34.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Tyler Wells
31.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
Tyler Wells
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
.361
Tyler Wells
.272
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
2.564.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
Tyler Wells
2.564.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.28
3.05
WHIPlower is better
Richard Lovelady
.9401.98
now 1.75
1.26
Tyler Wells
.9401.98
now 1.24
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
4031.60
now 21
14
Tyler Wells
4031.60
now 26
15
Winshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tyler Wells
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
23
Tyler Wells
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTyler Wells — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
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