MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Cole Sulser
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); Cole Sulser wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Cole Sulser
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Cole Sulser
13.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Cole Sulser
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Cole Sulser
35.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Cole Sulser
40.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Cole Sulser
13.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Cole Sulser
.336
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
25.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Cole Sulser
25.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.72
now 1.08
1.23
Cole Sulser
.9001.72
now 1.54
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052
now 42
34
Cole Sulser
4052
now 18
17
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Cole Sulser
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Cole Sulser
.00029
now 2
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCole Sulser — hold.conf 0.55
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