MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Tyler Alexander
Tyler Alexander
TEX · 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); Tyler Alexander 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
Tyler Alexander
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Tyler Alexander
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Tyler Alexander
22.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Tyler Alexander
31.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Tyler Alexander
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Tyler Alexander
3.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Tyler Alexander
.274
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
Tyler Alexander
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.12
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9601.50
now 1.08
1.23
Tyler Alexander
.9601.50
now 1.38
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.40
now 42
34
Tyler Alexander
4052.40
now 21
16
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tyler Alexander
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Tyler Alexander
.00029
now 2
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTyler Alexander — hold.conf 0.50
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