MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Luke Weaver
Luke Weaver
NYM · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Luke Weaver wins 1 (ERA); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Luke Weaver
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Luke Weaver
16.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Luke Weaver
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Luke Weaver
34.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Luke Weaver
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Luke Weaver
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Luke Weaver
.264
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
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Luke Weaver
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.65
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9601.32
now 1.08
1.23
Luke Weaver
.9601.32
now 1.04
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.20
now 42
34
Luke Weaver
4051.20
now 25
19
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Luke Weaver
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Luke Weaver
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighLuke Weaver — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.88
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