MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
TOR · 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, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Jeff Hoffman wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Jeff Hoffman
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jeff Hoffman
18.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jeff Hoffman
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jeff Hoffman
38.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jeff Hoffman
30.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jeff Hoffman
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jeff Hoffman
.274
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
27.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jeff Hoffman
27.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.02
now 1.08
1.23
Jeff Hoffman
.9002.02
now 1.75
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.60
now 42
34
Jeff Hoffman
4050.60
now 45
31
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0006.60
now 2
12
Jeff Hoffman
.0006.60
now 4
25
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028.20
now 20
1121
Jeff Hoffman
.00028.20
now 5
35
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJeff Hoffman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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