MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Ron Marinaccio
Ron Marinaccio
SD · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Ron Marinaccio
93.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Ron Marinaccio
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Ron Marinaccio
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Ron Marinaccio
26.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Ron Marinaccio
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Ron Marinaccio
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Ron Marinaccio
.339
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
2.024.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Ron Marinaccio
2.024.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.06
3.82
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.33
now 1.08
1.23
Ron Marinaccio
1.011.33
now 1.26
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Ron Marinaccio
4048.80
now 25
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Ron Marinaccio
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Ron Marinaccio
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRon Marinaccio — hold.conf 0.50
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