MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Tim Hill
Tim Hill
NYY · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Tim Hill wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Tim Hill
89.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Tim Hill
6.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Tim Hill
11.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Tim Hill
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Tim Hill
45.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Tim Hill
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Tim Hill
.331
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
2.034.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Tim Hill
2.034.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.03
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Tim Hill
1.011.31
now 1.21
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054.40
now 42
34
Tim Hill
4054.40
now 11
12
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Tim Hill
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Tim Hill
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTim Hill — hold.conf 0.50
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