MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Kyle Hurt
Kyle Hurt
LAD · 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); Kyle Hurt 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 Hurt
96.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Kyle Hurt
18.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Kyle Hurt
28.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Kyle Hurt
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Kyle Hurt
41.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Kyle Hurt
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Kyle Hurt
.293
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
24.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Kyle Hurt
24.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.42
now 1.08
1.23
Kyle Hurt
.9001.42
now 0.78
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.40
now 42
33
Kyle Hurt
4050.40
now 21
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Kyle Hurt
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1120
Kyle Hurt
.00028
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowKyle Hurt — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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