MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Sean Manaea
Sean Manaea
NYM · 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 — ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Sean Manaea wins 1 (K).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Sean Manaea
90.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Sean Manaea
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Sean Manaea
22.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Sean Manaea
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Sean Manaea
39.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Sean Manaea
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Sean Manaea
.318
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
26.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Sean Manaea
26.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
4.04
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9301.61
now 1.08
1.23
Sean Manaea
.9301.61
now 1.46
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4047.60
now 42
34
Sean Manaea
4047.60
now 42
38
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Sean Manaea
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Sean Manaea
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadySean Manaea — hold.conf 0.60
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