MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Brant Hurter
DET · 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); Brant Hurter wins 1 (W).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brant Hurter
92.1
Cade Smith
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brant Hurter
8.9%
Cade Smith
17.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brant Hurter
17.8%
Cade Smith
34.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brant Hurter
26.8%
Cade Smith
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brant Hurter
32.9%
Cade Smith
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brant Hurter
4.3%
Cade Smith
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brant Hurter
.304
Cade Smith
.279
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
Brant Hurter
2.164.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.71
Cade Smith
2.164.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Brant Hurter
.9901.34
now 1.07
1.26
Cade Smith
.9901.34
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brant Hurter
4052.40
now 18
16
Cade Smith
4052.40
now 42
29
Winshigher is better
Brant Hurter
.0005.20
now 4
24
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brant Hurter
.00028
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrant Hurter — 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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