MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Tim Herrin
Tim Herrin
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); Tim Herrin wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Tim Herrin
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Tim Herrin
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Tim Herrin
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Tim Herrin
28.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Tim Herrin
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Tim Herrin
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Tim Herrin
.318
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Tim Herrin
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.85
now 1.08
1.23
Tim Herrin
.9001.85
now 1.63
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.40
now 42
34
Tim Herrin
4052.40
now 16
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tim Herrin
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Tim Herrin
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTim Herrin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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