MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Peyton Gray
Peyton Gray
TEX · 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); Peyton Gray wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Peyton Gray
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Peyton Gray
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Peyton Gray
25.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Peyton Gray
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Peyton Gray
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Peyton Gray
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Peyton Gray
.280
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Peyton Gray
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.23
Peyton Gray
.9901.39
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.60
now 42
34
Peyton Gray
4051.60
now 18
23
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Peyton Gray
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Peyton Gray
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePeyton Gray — hold.conf 0.50
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