MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Tyler Wells
Tyler Wells
BAL · 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 Wells 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 Wells
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Tyler Wells
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Tyler Wells
25.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Tyler Wells
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Tyler Wells
34.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Tyler Wells
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Tyler Wells
.288
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
24.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Tyler Wells
24.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.28
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Tyler Wells
1.011.31
now 1.24
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.40
now 42
34
Tyler Wells
4050.40
now 26
21
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tyler Wells
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Tyler Wells
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTyler Wells — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.73
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