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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Hunter Gaddis
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Hunter Gaddis
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Hunter Gaddis
21.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hunter Gaddis
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Hunter Gaddis
27.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Hunter Gaddis
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Hunter Gaddis
.312
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
25.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Hunter Gaddis
25.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.81
now 1.08
1.23
Hunter Gaddis
.9001.81
now 1.60
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054
now 42
34
Hunter Gaddis
4054
now 12
15
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Hunter Gaddis
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Hunter Gaddis
.00029
now 1
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeHunter Gaddis — hold.conf 0.50
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