MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Chris Roycroft
TB · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Chris Roycroft wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Chris Roycroft
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Chris Roycroft
8.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chris Roycroft
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Chris Roycroft
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Chris Roycroft
45.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Chris Roycroft
16.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Chris Roycroft
.378
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Chris Roycroft
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.27
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.55
now 1.08
1.23
Chris Roycroft
.9002.55
now 3.55
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4057.60
now 42
34
Chris Roycroft
4057.60
now 3
12
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Chris Roycroft
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Chris Roycroft
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeChris Roycroft — hold.conf 0.55
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