MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Cionel Pérez
NYM · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Cionel Pérez 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
Cionel Pérez
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Cionel Pérez
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Cionel Pérez
20.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Cionel Pérez
30.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Cionel Pérez
51.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Cionel Pérez
13.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Cionel Pérez
.366
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
27.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Cionel Pérez
27.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.82
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.79
now 1.08
1.23
Cionel Pérez
.9001.79
now 1.59
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054.80
now 42
34
Cionel Pérez
4054.80
now 10
11
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Cionel Pérez
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Cionel Pérez
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCionel Pérez — hold.conf 0.50
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