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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Tony Santillan
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Tony Santillan
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Tony Santillan
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Tony Santillan
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Tony Santillan
46.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Tony Santillan
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Tony Santillan
.348
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
26.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Tony Santillan
26.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9101.67
now 1.08
1.23
Tony Santillan
.9101.67
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Tony Santillan
4050
now 22
23
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Tony Santillan
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Tony Santillan
.00029
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTony Santillan — hold.conf 0.50
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