MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Didier Fuentes
Didier Fuentes
ATL · 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, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Didier Fuentes wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Didier Fuentes
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Didier Fuentes
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Didier Fuentes
28.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Didier Fuentes
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Didier Fuentes
36.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Didier Fuentes
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Didier Fuentes
.275
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
2.164.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Didier Fuentes
2.164.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.78
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Didier Fuentes
1.011.31
now 1.10
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.40
now 42
34
Didier Fuentes
4048.40
now 27
26
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0008
now 2
12
Didier Fuentes
.0008
now 4
26
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Didier Fuentes
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeDidier Fuentes — hold.conf 0.50
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