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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Hoby Milner
87.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Hoby Milner
7.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Hoby Milner
12.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hoby Milner
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Hoby Milner
37.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Hoby Milner
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Hoby Milner
.351
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
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Hoby Milner
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9401.34
now 1.08
1.23
Hoby Milner
.9401.34
now 1.03
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054
now 42
34
Hoby Milner
4054
now 12
15
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Hoby Milner
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Hoby Milner
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighHoby Milner — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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