MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Drew Anderson
Drew Anderson
DET · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, WHIP, W, SV); Drew Anderson wins 1 (ERA).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Drew Anderson
95.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Drew Anderson
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Drew Anderson
28.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Drew Anderson
35.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Drew Anderson
40.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Drew Anderson
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Drew Anderson
.280
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
2.034.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Drew Anderson
2.034.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.03
3.21
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.33
now 1.08
1.23
Drew Anderson
1.011.33
now 1.26
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.40
now 42
34
Drew Anderson
4052.40
now 46
30
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Drew Anderson
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Drew Anderson
.00029
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
BuyDrew Anderson — buy.conf 0.87
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