MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jason Adam
Jason Adam
SD · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Jason Adam 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
Jason Adam
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jason Adam
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jason Adam
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jason Adam
35.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jason Adam
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jason Adam
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jason Adam
.288
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
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jason Adam
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.90
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.34
now 1.08
1.23
Jason Adam
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054.40
now 42
34
Jason Adam
4054.40
now 11
15
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Jason Adam
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Jason Adam
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJason Adam — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
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