MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Cade Cavalli
Cade Cavalli
WSH · P
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Tarik Skubal
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tarik Skubal.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Tarik Skubal wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Cade Cavalli wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
96.8
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
11.9%
Tarik Skubal
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
25.8%
Tarik Skubal
31.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
30.8%
Tarik Skubal
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
40.9%
Tarik Skubal
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
6.8%
Tarik Skubal
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
.310
Tarik Skubal
.269
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
Cade Cavalli
2.174.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.62
4.02
Tarik Skubal
2.174.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
2.98
WHIPlower is better
Cade Cavalli
.9001.61
now 1.42
1.30
Tarik Skubal
.9001.61
now 0.95
1.00

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Cavalli
4086.80
now 74
47
Tarik Skubal
4086.80
now 45
42
Winshigher is better
Cade Cavalli
.0005.20
now 3
13
Tarik Skubal
.0005.20
now 3
24

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyCade Cavalli — hold.conf 0.60
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.92
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