MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Chase Silseth
Chase Silseth
LAA · 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); Chase Silseth wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Chase Silseth
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Chase Silseth
16.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase Silseth
28.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Chase Silseth
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Chase Silseth
32.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Chase Silseth
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Chase Silseth
.300
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
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Chase Silseth
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.74
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9501.53
now 1.08
1.23
Chase Silseth
.9501.53
now 1.40
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052
now 42
34
Chase Silseth
4052
now 20
17
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Chase Silseth
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Chase Silseth
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeChase Silseth — hold.conf 0.50
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