MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Seth Johnson
PHI · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Seth Johnson wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Seth Johnson
97.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Seth Johnson
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Seth Johnson
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Seth Johnson
20.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Seth Johnson
36.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Seth Johnson
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Seth Johnson
.311
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
27.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Seth Johnson
27.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.79
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.96
now 1.08
1.23
Seth Johnson
.9001.96
now 1.71
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4056.40
now 42
33
Seth Johnson
4056.40
now 6
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Seth Johnson
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1120
Seth Johnson
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSeth Johnson — hold.conf 0.50
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