MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Tanner Scott
Tanner Scott
LAD · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Tanner Scott wins 1 (ERA); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Tanner Scott
96.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Tanner Scott
19.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Tanner Scott
34.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Tanner Scott
40.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Tanner Scott
30.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Tanner Scott
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Tanner Scott
.255
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
24.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Tanner Scott
24.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.19
3.66
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.45
now 1.08
1.23
Tanner Scott
.9001.45
now 0.69
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Tanner Scott
4050
now 28
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Tanner Scott
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028.20
now 20
1121
Tanner Scott
.00028.20
now 5
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTanner Scott — hold.conf 0.50
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