MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Sam Moll
Sam Moll
CIN · 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); Sam Moll wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Sam Moll
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Sam Moll
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Sam Moll
25.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Sam Moll
25.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Sam Moll
31.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Sam Moll
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Sam Moll
.316
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
24.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Sam Moll
24.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
11.32
now 1.08
1.23
Sam Moll
11.32
now 1.07
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.40
now 42
34
Sam Moll
4050.40
now 26
21
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Sam Moll
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Sam Moll
.00029.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSam Moll — hold.conf 0.50
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