MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jeremiah Estrada
Jeremiah Estrada
SD · 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); Jeremiah Estrada 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
Jeremiah Estrada
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jeremiah Estrada
15.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jeremiah Estrada
28.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jeremiah Estrada
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jeremiah Estrada
32.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jeremiah Estrada
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jeremiah Estrada
.294
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jeremiah Estrada
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
11.31
now 1.08
1.23
Jeremiah Estrada
11.31
now 1.07
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Jeremiah Estrada
4050
now 22
26
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Jeremiah Estrada
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Jeremiah Estrada
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJeremiah Estrada — hold.conf 0.50
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