MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Reynaldo López
Reynaldo López
ATL · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Reynaldo López 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
Reynaldo López
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Reynaldo López
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Reynaldo López
20.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Reynaldo López
26.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Reynaldo López
35.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Reynaldo López
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Reynaldo López
.327
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
24.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Reynaldo López
24.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.31
4.21
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9801.44
now 1.08
1.23
Reynaldo López
.9801.44
now 1.33
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4047.60
now 42
34
Reynaldo López
4047.60
now 31
30
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Reynaldo López
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Reynaldo López
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighReynaldo López — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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