MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of José Suarez
José Suarez
ATH · 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); José Suarez wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
José Suarez
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
José Suarez
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
José Suarez
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
José Suarez
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
José Suarez
31.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
José Suarez
2.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
José Suarez
.300
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
26.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
José Suarez
26.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.46
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.21
now 1.08
1.23
José Suarez
.9002.21
now 1.89
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048
now 42
34
José Suarez
4048
now 33
27
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
José Suarez
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
José Suarez
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJosé Suarez — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.85
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