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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Jacob Webb
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jacob Webb
16.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jacob Webb
27.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jacob Webb
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jacob Webb
44.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jacob Webb
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jacob Webb
.313
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
2.084.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jacob Webb
2.084.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.55
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9801.44
now 1.08
1.23
Jacob Webb
.9801.44
now 1.34
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Jacob Webb
4048.80
now 31
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Jacob Webb
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Jacob Webb
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJacob Webb — hold.conf 0.50
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