MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Chase Shugart
Chase Shugart
PHI · 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); Chase Shugart wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Chase Shugart
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Chase Shugart
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase Shugart
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Chase Shugart
25.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Chase Shugart
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Chase Shugart
11.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Chase Shugart
.336
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
24.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Chase Shugart
24.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.33
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.36
now 1.08
1.23
Chase Shugart
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.20
now 42
34
Chase Shugart
4051.20
now 20
19
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Chase Shugart
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Chase Shugart
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeChase Shugart — hold.conf 0.50
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