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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Trevor Richards
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Trevor Richards
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Trevor Richards
23.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Trevor Richards
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Trevor Richards
42.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Trevor Richards
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Trevor Richards
.303
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
26.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Trevor Richards
26.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Trevor Richards
1.011.31
now 1.19
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.20
now 42
34
Trevor Richards
4053.20
now 14
20
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Trevor Richards
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Trevor Richards
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTrevor Richards — hold.conf 0.50
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