MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of George Soriano
George Soriano
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Smith.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); George Soriano wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
George Soriano
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
George Soriano
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
George Soriano
21.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
George Soriano
33.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
George Soriano
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
George Soriano
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
George Soriano
.307
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 Smith
2.164.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
George Soriano
2.164.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
George Soriano
1.011.31
now 1.14
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.60
now 42
34
George Soriano
4051.60
now 20
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
George Soriano
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
George Soriano
.00029
now 2
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighGeorge Soriano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
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