MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Alex Vesia wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
91.8
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
17.4%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
32.6%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.9%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
35.2%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
5.6%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.264
Cade Smith
.286
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
Alex Vesia
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.70
Cade Smith
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.24
Cade Smith
.9001.36
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4048
now 28
27
Cade Smith
4048
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.5202.48
now 1
11
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.00029
now 2
13
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAlex Vesia — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.81
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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