MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Blake Treinen
Blake Treinen
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); Blake Treinen wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blake Treinen
94.6
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
12.3%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
25.0%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
35.5%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blake Treinen
42.2%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blake Treinen
12.5%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blake Treinen
.348
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
Blake Treinen
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.06
3.70
Cade Smith
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Blake Treinen
1.011.32
now 1.25
1.24
Cade Smith
1.011.32
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blake Treinen
4051.60
now 18
19
Cade Smith
4051.60
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Blake Treinen
.5202.48
now 1
12
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Blake Treinen
.00029.40
now 1
02
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlake Treinen — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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