MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Drew Pomeranz
Drew Pomeranz
CHC · 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); Drew Pomeranz wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Drew Pomeranz
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Drew Pomeranz
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Drew Pomeranz
13.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Drew Pomeranz
26.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Drew Pomeranz
37.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Drew Pomeranz
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Drew Pomeranz
.347
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
27.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Drew Pomeranz
27.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.11
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.02
now 1.08
1.23
Drew Pomeranz
.9002.02
now 1.75
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
34
Drew Pomeranz
4052.80
now 15
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Drew Pomeranz
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Drew Pomeranz
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeDrew Pomeranz — hold.conf 0.50
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