MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Mitch Farris
Mitch Farris
LAA · 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); Mitch Farris wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Mitch Farris
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Mitch Farris
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Mitch Farris
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Mitch Farris
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Mitch Farris
48.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Mitch Farris
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Mitch Farris
.362
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
2.134.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Mitch Farris
2.134.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.70
now 1.08
1.23
Mitch Farris
.9001.70
now 1.52
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Mitch Farris
4050
now 22
26
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Mitch Farris
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Mitch Farris
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMitch Farris — hold.conf 0.50
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