MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of DL Hall
DL Hall
MIL · 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); DL Hall 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
DL Hall
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
DL Hall
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
DL Hall
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
DL Hall
24.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
DL Hall
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
DL Hall
5.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
DL Hall
.307
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
24.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
DL Hall
24.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.20
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
11.37
now 1.08
1.23
DL Hall
11.37
now 1.29
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4049.20
now 42
34
DL Hall
4049.20
now 31
24
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
DL Hall
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
DL Hall
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighDL Hall — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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