MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of John Schreiber
John Schreiber
KC · 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); John Schreiber wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
John Schreiber
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
John Schreiber
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
John Schreiber
18.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
John Schreiber
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
John Schreiber
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
John Schreiber
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
John Schreiber
.332
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
2.154.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
John Schreiber
2.154.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.74
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.23
John Schreiber
.9901.39
now 1.30
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.60
now 42
34
John Schreiber
4053.60
now 13
14
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
John Schreiber
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
John Schreiber
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJohn Schreiber — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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