MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Mason Fluharty
Mason Fluharty
TOR · 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, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Mason Fluharty wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Mason Fluharty
90.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Mason Fluharty
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Mason Fluharty
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Mason Fluharty
34.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Mason Fluharty
32.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Mason Fluharty
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Mason Fluharty
.273
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
24.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Mason Fluharty
24.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9701.47
now 1.08
1.23
Mason Fluharty
.9701.47
now 1.36
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048
now 42
34
Mason Fluharty
4048
now 30
27
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Mason Fluharty
.0005.20
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Mason Fluharty
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowMason Fluharty — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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