MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Ian Seymour
Ian Seymour
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, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Ian Seymour wins 1 (ERA); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Ian Seymour
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Ian Seymour
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Ian Seymour
27.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Ian Seymour
33.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Ian Seymour
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Ian Seymour
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Ian Seymour
.291
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
25.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Ian Seymour
25.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.48
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
11.36
now 1.08
1.23
Ian Seymour
11.36
now 1.28
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4049.20
now 42
34
Ian Seymour
4049.20
now 32
24
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Ian Seymour
.0005.20
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Ian Seymour
.00029
now 2
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
BuyIan Seymour — buy.conf 0.79
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