MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Paul Sewald
Paul Sewald
AZ · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, WHIP, W, SV); Paul Sewald wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Paul Sewald
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Paul Sewald
14.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Paul Sewald
27.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Paul Sewald
30.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Paul Sewald
41.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Paul Sewald
12.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Paul Sewald
.283
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
2.164.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Paul Sewald
2.164.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.63
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.45
now 1.08
1.23
Paul Sewald
.9001.45
now 0.72
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Paul Sewald
4050
now 24
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Paul Sewald
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
4.2025.80
now 20
1121
Paul Sewald
4.2025.80
now 15
918
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePaul Sewald — hold.conf 0.50
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