MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Kevin Ginkel
Kevin Ginkel
AZ · 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); Kevin Ginkel wins 0 (none); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Kevin Ginkel
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Kevin Ginkel
15.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Kevin Ginkel
26.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Kevin Ginkel
35.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Kevin Ginkel
43.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Kevin Ginkel
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Kevin Ginkel
.291
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
2.164.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Kevin Ginkel
2.164.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.09
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
11.31
now 1.08
1.23
Kevin Ginkel
11.31
now 1.07
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Kevin Ginkel
4048.80
now 28
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Kevin Ginkel
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Kevin Ginkel
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKevin Ginkel — hold.conf 0.50
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