MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Jack Dreyer
LAD · 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); Jack Dreyer wins 0 (none); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Jack Dreyer
93.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jack Dreyer
13.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jack Dreyer
29.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jack Dreyer
33.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jack Dreyer
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jack Dreyer
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jack Dreyer
.273
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
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jack Dreyer
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.78
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9201.33
now 1.08
1.23
Jack Dreyer
.9201.33
now 1.01
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.80
now 42
34
Jack Dreyer
4050.80
now 24
20
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Jack Dreyer
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Jack Dreyer
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJack Dreyer — hold.conf 0.50
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