MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Craig Kimbrel
Craig Kimbrel
TB · 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); Craig Kimbrel wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.1
Craig Kimbrel
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.9%
Craig Kimbrel
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.5%
Craig Kimbrel
22.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.3%
Craig Kimbrel
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.9%
Craig Kimbrel
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.5%
Craig Kimbrel
3.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.280
Craig Kimbrel
.310
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
26.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Craig Kimbrel
26.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9401.58
now 1.08
1.23
Craig Kimbrel
.9401.58
now 1.44
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052
now 42
28
Craig Kimbrel
4052
now 17
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Craig Kimbrel
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Craig Kimbrel
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCraig Kimbrel — hold.conf 0.50
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