MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Joel Kuhnel
Joel Kuhnel
MIL · 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); Joel Kuhnel 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
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Joel Kuhnel
.355
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
2.144.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Joel Kuhnel
2.144.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.32
now 1.08
1.23
Joel Kuhnel
1.011.32
now 1.18
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.60
now 42
34
Joel Kuhnel
4053.60
now 13
13
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Joel Kuhnel
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028.60
now 20
1121
Joel Kuhnel
.00028.60
now 4
25
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
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