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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Justin Bruihl
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Justin Bruihl
8.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Justin Bruihl
15.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Justin Bruihl
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Justin Bruihl
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Justin Bruihl
3.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Justin Bruihl
.321
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
25.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Justin Bruihl
25.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.61
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9301.61
now 1.08
1.23
Justin Bruihl
.9301.61
now 1.46
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
34
Justin Bruihl
4052.80
now 18
15
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Justin Bruihl
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Justin Bruihl
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans sellJustin Bruihl — hold.conf 0.60
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