MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Clayton Beeter
Clayton Beeter
WSH · 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); Clayton Beeter 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
Clayton Beeter
95.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Clayton Beeter
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Clayton Beeter
26.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Clayton Beeter
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Clayton Beeter
41.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Clayton Beeter
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Clayton Beeter
.314
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
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Clayton Beeter
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.30
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Clayton Beeter
1.011.31
now 1.21
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
33
Clayton Beeter
4052.80
now 15
19
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Clayton Beeter
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00026.80
now 20
1120
Clayton Beeter
.00026.80
now 4
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighClayton Beeter — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
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