MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · 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); Steven Cruz wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Steven Cruz
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Steven Cruz
16.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Steven Cruz
28.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Steven Cruz
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Steven Cruz
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Steven Cruz
11.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Steven Cruz
.314
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.17
now 1.08
1.23
Steven Cruz
.9002.17
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.80
now 42
32
Steven Cruz
4050.80
now 20
23
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Steven Cruz
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1120
Steven Cruz
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
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