MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · 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 — strikeouts, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Sean Newcomb
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Sean Newcomb
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Sean Newcomb
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Sean Newcomb
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Sean Newcomb
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Sean Newcomb
4.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Sean Newcomb
.298
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
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Sean Newcomb
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.66
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
11.36
now 1.08
1.23
Sean Newcomb
11.36
now 1.08
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Sean Newcomb
4050
now 31
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Sean Newcomb
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Sean Newcomb
.00029.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighSean Newcomb — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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