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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Jaden Hill
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jaden Hill
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jaden Hill
22.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jaden Hill
28.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jaden Hill
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jaden Hill
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jaden Hill
.316
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jaden Hill
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.43
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9401.57
now 1.08
1.23
Jaden Hill
.9401.57
now 1.43
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Jaden Hill
4050
now 23
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Jaden Hill
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Jaden Hill
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJaden Hill — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.87
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