MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Griffin Jax
Griffin Jax
TB · P
Change to
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); Griffin Jax wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Griffin Jax
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Griffin Jax
14.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Griffin Jax
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Griffin Jax
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Griffin Jax
41.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Griffin Jax
10.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Griffin Jax
.351
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
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Griffin Jax
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
4.72
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9201.63
now 1.08
1.23
Griffin Jax
.9201.63
now 1.47
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048
now 42
34
Griffin Jax
4048
now 32
27
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Griffin Jax
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Griffin Jax
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
SellGriffin Jax — sell.conf 0.90
Tweet