MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Shawn Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong
CLE · 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 — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Shawn Armstrong
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Shawn Armstrong
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Shawn Armstrong
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Shawn Armstrong
24.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Shawn Armstrong
36.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Shawn Armstrong
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Shawn Armstrong
.302
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Shawn Armstrong
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9801.43
now 1.08
1.23
Shawn Armstrong
.9801.43
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.20
now 42
32
Shawn Armstrong
4051.20
now 19
23
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Shawn Armstrong
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1120
Shawn Armstrong
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeShawn Armstrong — hold.conf 0.50
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