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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Luis Medina
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Luis Medina
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Luis Medina
27.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Luis Medina
24.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Luis Medina
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Luis Medina
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Luis Medina
.314
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
2.154.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Luis Medina
2.154.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.88
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.32
now 1.08
1.23
Luis Medina
1.011.32
now 1.20
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Luis Medina
4050
now 27
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Luis Medina
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Luis Medina
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeLuis Medina — hold.conf 0.50
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