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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
JT Brubaker
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
JT Brubaker
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
JT Brubaker
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
JT Brubaker
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
JT Brubaker
36.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
JT Brubaker
6.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
JT Brubaker
.329
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
2.134.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
JT Brubaker
2.134.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.23
JT Brubaker
.9901.39
now 1.30
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.40
now 42
34
JT Brubaker
4050.40
now 22
21
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
JT Brubaker
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
JT Brubaker
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJT Brubaker — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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