MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Calvin Faucher
Calvin Faucher
MIA · 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); Calvin Faucher wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Calvin Faucher
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Calvin Faucher
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Calvin Faucher
22.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Calvin Faucher
25.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Calvin Faucher
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Calvin Faucher
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Calvin Faucher
.330
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
Cade Smith
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Calvin Faucher
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.99
now 1.08
1.23
Calvin Faucher
.9001.99
now 1.73
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4049.60
now 42
34
Calvin Faucher
4049.60
now 24
23
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0008
now 2
12
Calvin Faucher
.0008
now 4
26
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Calvin Faucher
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCalvin Faucher — hold.conf 0.50
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