MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Andrés Muñoz
Andrés Muñoz
SEA · 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); Andrés Muñoz wins 1 (W).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
99.3
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
18.9%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
34.5%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
36.6%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrés Muñoz
42.0%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrés Muñoz
8.6%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrés Muñoz
.300
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
Andrés Muñoz
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
3.70
Cade Smith
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Andrés Muñoz
11.36
now 1.28
1.24
Cade Smith
11.36
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrés Muñoz
4047.60
now 35
31
Cade Smith
4047.60
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Andrés Muñoz
.0005.20
now 3
24
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Andrés Muñoz
.00027
now 9
611
Cade Smith
.00027
now 20
1121
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAndrés Muñoz — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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