MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Phil Maton
Phil Maton
CHC · 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); Phil Maton wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Phil Maton
90.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Phil Maton
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Phil Maton
23.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Phil Maton
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Phil Maton
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Phil Maton
12.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Phil Maton
.389
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Phil Maton
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.96
now 1.08
1.23
Phil Maton
.9001.96
now 1.71
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Phil Maton
4050
now 22
24
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Phil Maton
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Phil Maton
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePhil Maton — hold.conf 0.50
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