MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jacob Latz
Jacob Latz
TEX · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Jacob Latz 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
Jacob Latz
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jacob Latz
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jacob Latz
28.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jacob Latz
34.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jacob Latz
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jacob Latz
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jacob Latz
.249
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
24.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jacob Latz
24.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.63
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.49
now 1.08
1.23
Jacob Latz
.9001.49
now 0.59
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.20
now 42
34
Jacob Latz
4051.20
now 26
19
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jacob Latz
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.40
now 20
1121
Jacob Latz
.00027.40
now 8
59
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJacob Latz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.92
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