MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Matt Strahm
KC · 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, ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Matt Strahm wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Matt Strahm
91.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Matt Strahm
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Matt Strahm
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Matt Strahm
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Matt Strahm
39.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Matt Strahm
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Matt Strahm
.307
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
2.104.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Matt Strahm
2.104.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
11.37
now 1.08
1.23
Matt Strahm
11.37
now 1.29
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052
now 42
34
Matt Strahm
4052
now 17
26
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Matt Strahm
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Matt Strahm
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMatt Strahm — hold.conf 0.50
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