MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Garrett Cleavinger
Garrett Cleavinger
TB · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Garrett Cleavinger wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.1
Garrett Cleavinger
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.9%
Garrett Cleavinger
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.5%
Garrett Cleavinger
32.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.3%
Garrett Cleavinger
34.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.9%
Garrett Cleavinger
41.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.5%
Garrett Cleavinger
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.280
Garrett Cleavinger
.294
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Garrett Cleavinger
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9301.61
now 1.08
1.23
Garrett Cleavinger
.9301.61
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052
now 42
28
Garrett Cleavinger
4052
now 17
20
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Garrett Cleavinger
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Garrett Cleavinger
.00028
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeGarrett Cleavinger — hold.conf 0.50
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