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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Jonathan Bowlan
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jonathan Bowlan
16.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jonathan Bowlan
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jonathan Bowlan
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jonathan Bowlan
30.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jonathan Bowlan
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jonathan Bowlan
.251
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
25.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jonathan Bowlan
25.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.67
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Jonathan Bowlan
1.011.31
now 1.15
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.40
now 42
34
Jonathan Bowlan
4052.40
now 16
16
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jonathan Bowlan
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Jonathan Bowlan
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJonathan Bowlan — hold.conf 0.50
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