MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Tyler Holton
Tyler Holton
DET · 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); Tyler Holton wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Tyler Holton
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Tyler Holton
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Tyler Holton
19.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Tyler Holton
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Tyler Holton
38.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Tyler Holton
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Tyler Holton
.302
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
24.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Tyler Holton
24.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9601.49
now 1.08
1.23
Tyler Holton
.9601.49
now 1.37
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.80
now 42
34
Tyler Holton
4050.80
now 24
20
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tyler Holton
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Tyler Holton
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTyler Holton — hold.conf 0.50
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