MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Ryan Zeferjahn
Ryan Zeferjahn
LAA · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Ryan Zeferjahn wins 0 (none); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Ryan Zeferjahn
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Ryan Zeferjahn
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Ryan Zeferjahn
32.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Ryan Zeferjahn
22.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Ryan Zeferjahn
35.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Ryan Zeferjahn
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Ryan Zeferjahn
.277
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
27
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Ryan Zeferjahn
27
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9601.51
now 1.08
1.23
Ryan Zeferjahn
.9601.51
now 1.39
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Ryan Zeferjahn
4048.80
now 32
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Ryan Zeferjahn
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Ryan Zeferjahn
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Zeferjahn — hold.conf 0.50
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