MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Cal Quantrill
Cal Quantrill
TEX · P
Change to
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); Cal Quantrill wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Cal Quantrill
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Cal Quantrill
8.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Cal Quantrill
14.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Cal Quantrill
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Cal Quantrill
35.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Cal Quantrill
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Cal Quantrill
.339
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
Cade Smith
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Cal Quantrill
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
4.45
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9801.44
now 1.08
1.23
Cal Quantrill
.9801.44
now 1.22
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.20
now 42
34
Cal Quantrill
4053.20
now 14
21
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Cal Quantrill
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Cal Quantrill
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighCal Quantrill — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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