MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Dennis Santana
Dennis Santana
PIT · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Dennis Santana 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
Dennis Santana
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Dennis Santana
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Dennis Santana
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Dennis Santana
34.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Dennis Santana
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Dennis Santana
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Dennis Santana
.341
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
25.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Dennis Santana
25.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.81
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9201.64
now 1.08
1.23
Dennis Santana
.9201.64
now 1.48
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052
now 42
34
Dennis Santana
4052
now 19
17
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Dennis Santana
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Dennis Santana
.00029
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeDennis Santana — hold.conf 0.50
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