MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jhoan Duran
Jhoan Duran
PHI · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Jhoan Duran
100.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jhoan Duran
20.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jhoan Duran
39.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jhoan Duran
35.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jhoan Duran
46.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jhoan Duran
4.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jhoan Duran
.229
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
24.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jhoan Duran
24.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.53
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.35
now 1.08
1.23
Jhoan Duran
.9001.35
now 0.96
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Jhoan Duran
4048.80
now 26
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jhoan Duran
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
4.2025.80
now 20
1121
Jhoan Duran
4.2025.80
now 12
917
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJhoan Duran — hold.conf 0.50
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