MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · 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); Luinder Avila wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Luinder Avila
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Luinder Avila
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Luinder Avila
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Luinder Avila
26.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Luinder Avila
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Luinder Avila
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Luinder Avila
.338
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Luinder Avila
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
4.43
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.96
now 1.08
1.23
Luinder Avila
.9001.96
now 1.71
1.52

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Luinder Avila
4048.80
now 25
30
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Luinder Avila
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Luinder Avila
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
SellLuinder Avila — sell.conf 0.77
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