MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Ryan Yarbrough
Ryan Yarbrough
NYY · 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); Ryan Yarbrough wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Ryan Yarbrough
87.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Ryan Yarbrough
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Ryan Yarbrough
17.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Ryan Yarbrough
27.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Ryan Yarbrough
23.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Ryan Yarbrough
3.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Ryan Yarbrough
.276
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Ryan Yarbrough
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Ryan Yarbrough
1.011.31
now 1.12
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.20
now 42
34
Ryan Yarbrough
4053.20
now 14
19
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Ryan Yarbrough
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Ryan Yarbrough
.00029
now 1
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Yarbrough — hold.conf 0.50
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