MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Tim Mayza
Tim Mayza
PHI · 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, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, WHIP, W, SV); Tim Mayza 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 Mayza
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Tim Mayza
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Tim Mayza
24.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Tim Mayza
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Tim Mayza
44.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Tim Mayza
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Tim Mayza
.285
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
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Tim Mayza
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.62
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.34
now 1.08
1.23
Tim Mayza
.9001.34
now 0.99
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.40
now 42
34
Tim Mayza
4050.40
now 26
21
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tim Mayza
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Tim Mayza
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTim Mayza — hold.conf 0.50
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