MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of JoJo Romero
JoJo Romero
STL · 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, ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
JoJo Romero
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
JoJo Romero
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
JoJo Romero
23.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
JoJo Romero
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
JoJo Romero
43.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
JoJo Romero
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
JoJo Romero
.337
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
2.134.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
JoJo Romero
2.134.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.32
now 1.08
1.23
JoJo Romero
1.011.32
now 1.16
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.80
now 42
34
JoJo Romero
4050.80
now 25
20
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
JoJo Romero
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
JoJo Romero
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJoJo Romero — hold.conf 0.50
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