MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · 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, ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Jakob Junis wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Jakob Junis
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jakob Junis
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jakob Junis
18.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jakob Junis
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jakob Junis
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jakob Junis
3.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jakob Junis
.303
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
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jakob Junis
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.42
now 1.08
1.23
Jakob Junis
.9001.42
now 0.78
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
34
Jakob Junis
4052.80
now 16
15
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Jakob Junis
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028.60
now 20
1121
Jakob Junis
.00028.60
now 3
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJakob Junis — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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