Richard Lovelady

Bats L Throws L6'0" 185 lbBorn 1995 Hinesville, USADebut 2019Team NYMDraft 2016 R10 #313 Kansas City Royals, Kennesaw StateContract 1 y/$1M (26) 2026: $877,005

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	125	21.6	7.9	2.79	20.7	6.23	103.6
2027							104.1
2028							103.3

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 92 PITCH+ the next season; 6 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Rob Scahill	2016	94.9	95.8	97
2	Will Harris	2014	98.3	125.2	276
3	Chase Bradford	2019	97.9	did not play
4	Sam Howard	2022	92.4	did not play
5	Paul Sewald	2019	97.7	56.4	35
6	Roy Corcoran	2009	99.0	did not play
7	Tanner Rainey	2022	94.8	100.0	5
8	Jhan Marinez	2018	94.1	did not play
9	Nabil Crismatt	2024	97.7	92.1	153
10	Luke Farrell	2020	97.2	84.7	113

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									125				104.1
2026*									146				84.7	99.6	84.3
2025	NYM	0	1	8.49	10	0	0	11.7	57	3	6	12	73.4	102.8	76.1
2024	TB	3	6	4.46	35	0	2	34.3	147	3	11	26	101.4	96.3	97.7
2023	OAK	0	3	4.63	27	0	0	23.3	96	3	10	24	107.4	100.9	108.3
2021	KC	2	0	3.48	20	0	1	20.7	84	3	6	23	115.1	113.9	129.0
2020	KC	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	4	1	1	0	-6.9	100.0	-6.9
2019	KC	0	3	7.65	25	0	0	20.0	96	2	8	17	77.2	100.1	77.3
Career		5	13	5.35	118	0	3	111.0	484	15	42	102	96.0		97.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYM	P	10	12	0	2	0	1.000	+0.2
2024	TB	P	35	34	2	2	0	1.000	-0.7
2023	OAK	P	27	23	0	1	0	1.000	+0.1
2021	KC	P	20	21	1	5	0	1.000	+1.4
2020	KC	P	1	1	0	0	0
2019	KC	P	25	20	0	2	1	0.667	+0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	69	17.1 IP, 26% K	2.11
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	152	38.0 IP, 26% K	1.66
2025	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Pit	83	20.2 IP, 27% K	1.34
2024	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	37	9.2 IP, 32% K	1.96
2024	AAA	nan	Pit	97	22.0 IP, 33% K	4.09
2024	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	60	12.1 IP, 33% K	5.95
2023	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	22	5.0 IP, 18% K	7.20
2021	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	33	8.1 IP, 27% K	1.11
2019	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	112	26.1 IP, 26% K	3.10
2018	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	288	73.0 IP, 25% K	2.47
2017	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	137	33.1 IP, 26% K	2.18
2017	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Pit	123	33.1 IP, 33% K	1.09
2016	Rk	AZL Royals	Pit	39	10.1 IP, 36% K	1.78
2016	Rk	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pit	58	14.2 IP, 28% K	1.90

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.379	0.385	0.390	0.370
2025	0.324	0.500	0.361	0.474
2024	0.287	0.321	0.285	0.326
2023	0.276	0.317	0.264	0.330
2021	0.220	0.303	0.313	0.200
2020		0.675		0.675
2019	0.387	0.444	0.444	0.385

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.