MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Orlando Ribalta
Orlando Ribalta
WSH · P
Change to
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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Orlando Ribalta wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Orlando Ribalta
96.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Orlando Ribalta
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Orlando Ribalta
23.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Orlando Ribalta
37.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Orlando Ribalta
34.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Orlando Ribalta
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Orlando Ribalta
.298
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
24.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Orlando Ribalta
24.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.72
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.38
now 1.08
1.23
Orlando Ribalta
.9001.38
now 0.89
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054
now 42
29
Orlando Ribalta
4054
now 12
12
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Orlando Ribalta
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.60
now 20
917
Orlando Ribalta
.00027.60
now 2
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeOrlando Ribalta — hold.conf 0.50
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