MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Shane Drohan
Shane Drohan
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 2 (WHIP, SV); Shane Drohan wins 2 (K, ERA); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Shane Drohan
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Shane Drohan
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Shane Drohan
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Shane Drohan
34.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Shane Drohan
37.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Shane Drohan
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Shane Drohan
.286
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
Shane Drohan
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.87
3.36
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.33
now 1.08
1.23
Shane Drohan
1.011.33
now 1.15
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4047.60
now 42
34
Shane Drohan
4047.60
now 33
35
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Shane Drohan
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Shane Drohan
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
BuyShane Drohan — buy.conf 0.82
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