MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Pete Fairbanks
Pete Fairbanks
MIA · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Pete Fairbanks 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
Pete Fairbanks
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Pete Fairbanks
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Pete Fairbanks
29.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Pete Fairbanks
34.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Pete Fairbanks
43.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Pete Fairbanks
12.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Pete Fairbanks
.332
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Pete Fairbanks
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.04
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.23
Pete Fairbanks
.9901.39
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
33
Pete Fairbanks
4050
now 22
27
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Pete Fairbanks
.2003.80
now 2
23
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00026
now 20
1120
Pete Fairbanks
.00026
now 6
59
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePete Fairbanks — hold.conf 0.55
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