MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Fernando Cruz
Fernando Cruz
NYY · 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); Fernando Cruz 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
Fernando Cruz
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Fernando Cruz
17.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Fernando Cruz
29.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Fernando Cruz
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Fernando Cruz
21.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Fernando Cruz
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Fernando Cruz
.267
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
24.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Fernando Cruz
24.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.23
Fernando Cruz
.9901.39
now 1.30
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4047.60
now 42
34
Fernando Cruz
4047.60
now 30
28
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Fernando Cruz
.0005.20
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Fernando Cruz
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeFernando Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
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