MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
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, ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Jalen Beeks wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Jalen Beeks
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Jalen Beeks
.363
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
2.104.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Jalen Beeks
2.104.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9601.49
now 1.08
1.23
Jalen Beeks
.9601.49
now 1.37
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052
now 42
33
Jalen Beeks
4052
now 18
17
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Jalen Beeks
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1120
Jalen Beeks
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJalen Beeks — hold.conf 0.50
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