Richard Lovelady
29-Year-Old
Free Agent
2024 Stats
W-L
3-6
ERA
4.46
WHIP
1.31
K
26
SV
2
2025 Projections
Non-tendered by Tampa Bay
The Rays non-tendered Lovelady on Friday.
ANALYSIS
Lovelady was designated for assignment by the Rays on Tuesday, and he'll now officially enter free agency and look to sign with a team in need of a southpaw out of the bullpen. Across 35 major-league appearances between the Cubs and Rays in 2024, Lovelady posted a 4.46 ERA and 1.31 WHIP over 34.1 innings.
Lovelady was designated for assignment by the Rays on Tuesday, and he'll now officially enter free agency and look to sign with a team in need of a southpaw out of the bullpen. Across 35 major-league appearances between the Cubs and Rays in 2024, Lovelady posted a 4.46 ERA and 1.31 WHIP over 34.1 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
13
Last 5 Games
13
How many pitches does Richard Lovelady generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Richard Lovelady generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-18%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-16%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .205 | 21 | 8 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .250 | 29 | 13 | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .232 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .276 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .156 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .208 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-30%
ERA at Home
2024
-16%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 3.72 | 1.14 | 29.0 | 6.8 | 2.8 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 5.34 | 1.29 | 28.2 | 8.8 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2024Home | 4.08 | 1.30 | 17.2 | 6.1 | 3.1 | ||||
| 2024Away | 4.86 | 1.32 | 16.2 | 7.6 | 2.7 | ||||
| 2023Home | 3.18 | 0.88 | 11.1 | 7.9 | 2.4 | ||||
| 2023Away | 6.00 | 1.25 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 5.3 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Richard Lovelady compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.36K/9
6.8BB/9
2.9HR/9
0.8Fastball
92.3 mphERA
4.46WHIP
1.31BABIP
.304GB/FB
1.86Left On Base
66.2%Exit Velocity
81.5 mphBarrels/BBE
5.7%Spin Rate
2243 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
29.7%Swinging Strike
10.3%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Removed from 40-man roster
The Rays designated Lovelady for assignment Tuesday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Secures second save
Lovelady pitched a perfect ninth inning to pick up the save over the Guardians on Thursday.
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Four-out save
Lovelady didn't allow a baserunner across 1.1 scoreless innings to pick up the save Saturday against Arizona.
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Activated from injured list
The Rays activated Lovelady (forearm) from the 15-day injured list Thursday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Rehab continuing at Triple-A
Lovelady's (forearm) rehab assignment was transferred to Triple-A Durham on Tuesday, Steve Carney of StPeteNine.com reports.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Future bullpen weapon?
Lovelady looks to have a chance to pitch high-leverage innings for the Royals down the line after posting a 6:0 K:BB in 4.1 scoreless Cactus League innings.
ANALYSIS
Earlier this week, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com suggested Lovelady was on the outside looking in at a roster spot when camp was suspended. Still, he opened eyes in spring training with his stuff and willingness to fill up the strike zone after issuing eight free passes in 20 innings with the Royals last season. In his fifth appearance of the spring, Lovelady struck out the side: Matt Olson, Khris Davis and Mark Canha of the A's. As a lefty, Lovelady could work into high-leverage innings quickly upon his return to the big leagues.
Earlier this week, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com suggested Lovelady was on the outside looking in at a roster spot when camp was suspended. Still, he opened eyes in spring training with his stuff and willingness to fill up the strike zone after issuing eight free passes in 20 innings with the Royals last season. In his fifth appearance of the spring, Lovelady struck out the side: Matt Olson, Khris Davis and Mark Canha of the A's. As a lefty, Lovelady could work into high-leverage innings quickly upon his return to the big leagues.