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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Mark Leiter Jr.
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Mark Leiter Jr.
35.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Mark Leiter Jr.
31.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Mark Leiter Jr.
.314
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
26.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9301.61
now 1.08
1.23
Mark Leiter Jr.
.9301.61
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.40
now 42
34
Mark Leiter Jr.
4050.40
now 25
21
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028.60
now 20
1121
Mark Leiter Jr.
.00028.60
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMark Leiter Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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