MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Brenan Hanifee
Brenan Hanifee
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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brenan Hanifee
96.3
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brenan Hanifee
5.0%
Cade Smith
17.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brenan Hanifee
9.5%
Cade Smith
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brenan Hanifee
21.6%
Cade Smith
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brenan Hanifee
42.3%
Cade Smith
44.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brenan Hanifee
7.7%
Cade Smith
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brenan Hanifee
.371
Cade Smith
.282
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
Brenan Hanifee
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
3.70
Cade Smith
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Brenan Hanifee
.9601.50
now 1.38
1.24
Cade Smith
.9601.50
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brenan Hanifee
4056.40
now 6
13
Cade Smith
4056.40
now 42
33
Winshigher is better
Brenan Hanifee
.0002.80
now 0
00
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brenan Hanifee
.00028
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1120
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrenan Hanifee — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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