MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of José A. Ferrer
José A. Ferrer
SEA · 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, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, WHIP, W, SV); José A. Ferrer wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
José A. Ferrer
95.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
José A. Ferrer
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
José A. Ferrer
19.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
José A. Ferrer
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
José A. Ferrer
35.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
José A. Ferrer
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
José A. Ferrer
.281
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
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
José A. Ferrer
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.32
now 1.08
1.23
José A. Ferrer
1.011.32
now 1.20
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.20
now 42
34
José A. Ferrer
4051.20
now 23
19
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
José A. Ferrer
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028.60
now 20
1121
José A. Ferrer
.00028.60
now 3
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJosé A. Ferrer — hold.conf 0.50
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