MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Riley Cornelio
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); Riley Cornelio wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Riley Cornelio
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Riley Cornelio
17.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Riley Cornelio
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Riley Cornelio
32.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Riley Cornelio
47.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Riley Cornelio
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Riley Cornelio
.318
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Riley Cornelio
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.55
now 1.08
1.23
Riley Cornelio
.9002.55
now 2.75
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058
now 42
34
Riley Cornelio
4058
now 2
12
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Riley Cornelio
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Riley Cornelio
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowRiley Cornelio — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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