MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Cam Smith
Cam Smith
HOU · RF
Change to
Ryan O'Hearn
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan O'Hearn.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ryan O'Hearn wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Cam Smith wins 2 (HR, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cam Smith
89.4
Ryan O'Hearn
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cam Smith
44.6%
Ryan O'Hearn
43.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cam Smith
11.4%
Ryan O'Hearn
7.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cam Smith
29.0%
Ryan O'Hearn
31.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cam Smith
13.6%
Ryan O'Hearn
10.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cam Smith
.331
Ryan O'Hearn
.321
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 · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Cam Smith
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .218
.220
Ryan O'Hearn
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .294
.236

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cam Smith
510.40
now 6
3
Ryan O'Hearn
510.40
now 8
2
Runshigher is better
Cam Smith
2033.60
now 26
14
Ryan O'Hearn
2033.60
now 28
18
RBIhigher is better
Cam Smith
2037.20
now 21
12
Ryan O'Hearn
2037.20
now 30
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cam Smith
.0009.40
now 7
4
Ryan O'Hearn
.0009.40
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowCam Smith — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
Hold · steadyRyan O'Hearn — hold.conf 0.60
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