MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Albert Suárez
BAL · 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 — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Albert Suárez wins 1 (W).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Albert Suárez
93.5
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
11.9%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
16.8%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
27.3%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
39.7%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
9.5%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Albert Suárez
.328
Cade Smith
.286
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
Albert Suárez
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
3.70
Cade Smith
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Albert Suárez
1.011.31
now 1.21
1.24
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Albert Suárez
4054.80
now 10
15
Cade Smith
4054.80
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.0005.20
now 2
24
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.00029
now 1
13
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
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If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAlbert Suárez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.94
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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