MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Casey Legumina
Casey Legumina
TB · 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); Casey Legumina wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Casey Legumina
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Casey Legumina
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Casey Legumina
16.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Casey Legumina
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Casey Legumina
40.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Casey Legumina
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Casey Legumina
.347
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
2.144.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Casey Legumina
2.144.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.70
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9401.58
now 1.08
1.23
Casey Legumina
.9401.58
now 1.44
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.40
now 42
34
Casey Legumina
4052.40
now 16
17
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Casey Legumina
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Casey Legumina
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCasey Legumina — hold.conf 0.50
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