MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
NYM · P
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Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · 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 — ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (ERA, WHIP, W, SV); A.J. Minter wins 1 (K).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
A.J. Minter
92.9
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
13.4%
Cade Smith
17.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
21.7%
Cade Smith
34.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
34.0%
Cade Smith
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
35.8%
Cade Smith
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
7.5%
Cade Smith
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
A.J. Minter
.260
Cade Smith
.280
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
A.J. Minter
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Cade Smith
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
WHIPlower is better
A.J. Minter
.9001.39
now 0.86
1.24
Cade Smith
.9001.39
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
A.J. Minter
4059.60
now 5
44
Cade Smith
4059.60
now 42
38
Winshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0002.80
now 0
00
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.00032.20
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00032.20
now 20
1223
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighA.J. Minter — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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