MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Richard Lovelady
Richard Lovelady
WSH · P
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Portrait of Will Klein
Will Klein
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Will Klein.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Will Klein wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Richard Lovelady wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Will Klein
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Will Klein
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Will Klein
25.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Will Klein
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Will Klein
37.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
Will Klein
2.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Richard Lovelady
.361
Will Klein
.288
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
24.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
Will Klein
24.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.88
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Richard Lovelady
.9002.03
now 1.75
1.26
Will Klein
.9002.03
now 1.04
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
4030.60
now 21
13
Will Klein
4030.60
now 25
16
Winshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0002.80
now 2
12
Will Klein
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
23
Will Klein
.0005.60
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeWill Klein — hold.conf 0.50
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