MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Connor Seabold
Connor Seabold
KC · 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); Connor Seabold 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
Connor Seabold
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Connor Seabold
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Connor Seabold
17.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Connor Seabold
30.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Connor Seabold
37.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Connor Seabold
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Connor Seabold
.308
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Connor Seabold
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.12
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9601.50
now 1.08
1.23
Connor Seabold
.9601.50
now 1.38
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
34
Connor Seabold
4052.80
now 15
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Connor Seabold
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Connor Seabold
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowConnor Seabold — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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