Richard

Lovelady

PAge : 31Throws : L

#55

Richard Lovelady

#55PWashington Nationals

Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 84 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2019-04-09

Born in : Hinesville, GA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026		38	3	4	4.11	35.0	31	1.86
2026	Washington Nationals	32	2	3	4.23	27.2	25	1.92
2026	New York Mets	6	1	1	3.68	7.1	6	1.64
2025		10	0	1	8.49	11.2	12	1.54
2025	New York Mets	8	0	0	6.30	10.0	9	1.40
2025	Toronto Blue Jays	2	0	1	21.60	1.2	3	2.40
2024		35	3	6	4.46	34.1	26	1.31
2024	Tampa Bay Rays	28	3	5	3.77	28.2	20	1.19
2024	Chicago Cubs	7	0	1	7.94	5.2	6	1.94
2023	Athletics	27	0	3	4.63	23.1	24	1.07
2021	Kansas City Royals	20	2	0	3.48	20.2	23	1.06
2020	Kansas City Royals	1	0	0	9.00	1.0	0	2.00
2019	Kansas City Royals	25	0	3	7.65	20.0	17	1.90
Career totals		156	8	17	5.05	146.0	133	1.47

ContractWashington Nationals payroll →

Type: Free Agent/Arb
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.0 M$
AAV: 1.00 M$

2026
1.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

4.11

FIP

5.59

xFIP

5.20

ERA-

WHIP

1.86

18.0 %

BB%

14.0 %

Strikeouts

Innings

35.0

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.3

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

-0.5

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (0)

20210.2 WAR · 0.6 per full season
20230.0 WAR · 0.0 per full season
20240.1 WAR · 0.2 per full season
2026-0.5 WAR · -0.9 per full season

Outlook, age included

0 · 30 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Replacement or prospect

VEL: Velocity; 57
STF: Stuff; 59
CTL: Control; 61
CNT: Contact allowed; 68
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 65
EX: Experience; 75

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

-0.5

#238 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

7 / 100

#244 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

16 / 100

Surplus $-5.9M · salary $1.0M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention9

Stuff10

Command8

Contact allowed53

Velocity11

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 5.59 · RA9-WAR: -0.2

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Fastball

91.3 mi/h

6th percentile

18.0 %

15th percentile

BB%

14.0 %

6th percentile

xERA

5.73

5th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.361

5th percentile

Barrels allowed

6.2 %

63th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	WSH	-0.5	7	45	91.3	18.0	14.0	5.73	.361
2024	TB	0.1	20	63	92.4	17.7	7.5	4.46	.329
2023	ATH	0.0	29	71	90.8	25.0	10.4	3.93	.306
2021	KC	0.2	76	84	93.2	27.4	7.1	2.81	.260

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 26	vs NYM	1.0	1	2	2	1	4.11
Sep 23	@ DET	1.1	1	0	1	0	3.71
Sep 19	@ STL	0.2	2	0	0	1	3.86
Sep 16	vs PHI	0.2	2	1	0	1	3.94
Sep 15	vs PHI	1.0	1	0	0	1	3.73
Jun 28	@ BAL	0.1	0	0	0	0	3.86
Jun 24	vs PHI	0.1	1	1	0	0	3.90
Jun 23	vs PHI	0.1	1	3	1	1	3.64
Jun 22	vs PHI	0.2	0	0	0	2	2.76
Jun 16	vs KC	0.2	1	0	0	0	2.83