MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Tanner Gordon
Tanner Gordon
COL · 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 — ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Tanner Gordon wins 1 (K).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Tanner Gordon
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Tanner Gordon
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Tanner Gordon
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Tanner Gordon
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Tanner Gordon
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Tanner Gordon
11.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Tanner Gordon
.340
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
27.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Tanner Gordon
27.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.37
4.48
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.75
now 1.08
1.23
Tanner Gordon
.9001.75
now 1.56
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4047.60
now 42
34
Tanner Gordon
4047.60
now 35
39
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tanner Gordon
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Tanner Gordon
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans sellTanner Gordon — hold.conf 0.60
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