MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Grant Wolfram
Grant Wolfram
BAL · 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); Grant Wolfram 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
Grant Wolfram
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Grant Wolfram
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Grant Wolfram
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Grant Wolfram
30.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Grant Wolfram
38.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Grant Wolfram
6.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Grant Wolfram
.292
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
2.034.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Grant Wolfram
2.034.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.71
now 1.08
1.23
Grant Wolfram
.9001.71
now 1.53
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.40
now 42
34
Grant Wolfram
4050.40
now 21
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Grant Wolfram
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Grant Wolfram
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowGrant Wolfram — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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