MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Ryan Rolison
Ryan Rolison
CHC · 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); Ryan Rolison wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Ryan Rolison
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Ryan Rolison
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Ryan Rolison
25.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Ryan Rolison
25.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Ryan Rolison
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Ryan Rolison
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Ryan Rolison
.312
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Ryan Rolison
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9601.51
now 1.08
1.23
Ryan Rolison
.9601.51
now 1.39
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.20
now 42
34
Ryan Rolison
4053.20
now 16
14
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0006.60
now 2
12
Ryan Rolison
.0006.60
now 3
25
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Ryan Rolison
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Rolison — hold.conf 0.50
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