MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Tanner Banks
Tanner Banks
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); Tanner Banks wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Tanner Banks
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Tanner Banks
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Tanner Banks
21.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Tanner Banks
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Tanner Banks
33.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Tanner Banks
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Tanner Banks
.323
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Tanner Banks
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.45
now 1.08
1.23
Tanner Banks
.9002.45
now 2.06
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Tanner Banks
4048.80
now 25
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tanner Banks
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Tanner Banks
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTanner Banks — hold.conf 0.55
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