MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Kyle Finnegan
Kyle Finnegan
DET · 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); Kyle Finnegan wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Kyle Finnegan
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Kyle Finnegan
11.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Kyle Finnegan
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Kyle Finnegan
27.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Kyle Finnegan
42.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Kyle Finnegan
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Kyle Finnegan
.317
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
24.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Kyle Finnegan
24.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.72
now 1.08
1.23
Kyle Finnegan
.9001.72
now 1.54
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.20
now 42
34
Kyle Finnegan
4053.20
now 16
14
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Kyle Finnegan
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Kyle Finnegan
.00029
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKyle Finnegan — hold.conf 0.50
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