MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jovani Morán
Jovani Morán
BOS · 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, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, WHIP, W, SV); Jovani Morán wins 1 (ERA).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Jovani Morán
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jovani Morán
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jovani Morán
28.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jovani Morán
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jovani Morán
29.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jovani Morán
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jovani Morán
.266
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
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jovani Morán
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.19
3.62
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9801.33
now 1.08
1.23
Jovani Morán
.9801.33
now 1.06
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4047.60
now 42
34
Jovani Morán
4047.60
now 35
28
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Jovani Morán
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Jovani Morán
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJovani Morán — hold.conf 0.50
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