MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Seranthony Domínguez
Seranthony Domínguez
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, ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Seranthony Domínguez
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Seranthony Domínguez
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Seranthony Domínguez
28.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Seranthony Domínguez
26.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Seranthony Domínguez
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Seranthony Domínguez
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Seranthony Domínguez
.348
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
2.054.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Seranthony Domínguez
2.054.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.97
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.32
now 1.08
1.23
Seranthony Domínguez
1.011.32
now 1.15
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Seranthony Domínguez
4048.80
now 28
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Seranthony Domínguez
.0005.20
now 3
24
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
1.4026.60
now 20
1121
Seranthony Domínguez
1.4026.60
now 11
713
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighSeranthony Domínguez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
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