MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Robby Ahlstrom
TEX · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Smith.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Robby Ahlstrom 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
Robby Ahlstrom
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Robby Ahlstrom
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Robby Ahlstrom
12.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Robby Ahlstrom
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Robby Ahlstrom
32.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Robby Ahlstrom
4.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Robby Ahlstrom
.336
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Robby Ahlstrom
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.74
now 1.08
1.23
Robby Ahlstrom
.9001.74
now 0.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058
now 42
33
Robby Ahlstrom
4058
now 2
33
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Robby Ahlstrom
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1120
Robby Ahlstrom
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRobby Ahlstrom — hold.conf 0.50
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